5-4

5-4 is a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. It's a progressive and occasionally profane

Episodes

Total: 255

Vega v. Tekoh

2022/9/13

Cops have to read you your Miranda rights. If they don't … nothing happens, according to this recent

Oh my god, MORE of you decided to go to law school? Even after we released this episode last year? W

Harriet Miers was a lawyer and advisor in the Bush Administration. But what she was NOT was reliably

The United States has a long, complex, and often contradictory history of firearm regulation. Claren

Continuing its trajectory of abandoning tests that don't pass the vibe check, the Supreme Court rule

Live from the People's Parity convening in Washington, DC, we're talking about free speech and the r

Senator Elizabeth Warren, we can only assume against the advice of counsel, agreed to come on 5-4. W

Imagine you are given a month and a half head start on a race. Do you A) start running, B) wait arou

John Roberts has decided that the standard for whether or not something is a "major question" is whe

In this case from the most recent term, the Court once again says we should look to history and trad

Shinn v. Ramirez

2022/6/28

This episode contains descriptions of violence against a child that may be challenging for some list

The Supreme Court has released the long-awaited Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decisio

Egbert v. Boule

2022/6/21

In this case the Court holds that you have no right to sue a federal official, even if a border agen

The hosts were recently guests on Know Your Enemy, talking about the origins of the conservative leg

This week, the hosts use a variety of film and television references to try and capture the pure vil

The hosts pound some brewskis with Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.Normally there would be no

Whren v. United States

2022/5/24

This unanimous decision holds that cops who don't deal with traffic enforcement are allowed to tail

In this ruling from just last month, the Supreme Court ruled that Puerto Ricans are not entitled to

A common criticism of 5-4 is that adjudicating is hard work, and the hosts have no experience. So to

In this emergency episode, the hosts are talking about what happens now that a draft of Dobbs v. Jac