Podcast Episodes

Shinn v. Ramirez

This episode contains descriptions of violence against a child that may be challenging for some listeners. Please take care while listening.

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3 years, 10 months ago

Emergency Episode: Roe Is Overturned

The Supreme Court has released the long-awaited Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision. The news is bad.

Ruling in favor of Mississipp…

3 years, 10 months ago

Egbert v. Boule

In this case the Court holds that you have no right to sue a federal official, even if a border agent trespasses on your property, knocks you to the …

3 years, 10 months ago

5-4 x Know Your Enemy: "Overturning Roe, Part One"

The hosts were recently guests on Know Your Enemy, talking about the origins of the conservative legal movement, and its decades-long campaign to ove…

3 years, 10 months ago

Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate

This week, the hosts use a variety of film and television references to try and capture the pure villainy of a recent ruling that allows candidates t…

3 years, 10 months ago

Brett Kavanaugh - Unlocked Premium Episode

The hosts pound some brewskis with Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Normally there would be no episode in the free feed this week, but we decide…

3 years, 11 months ago

Whren v. United States

This unanimous decision holds that cops who don't deal with traffic enforcement are allowed to tail you until you commit a minor offense, and then li…

3 years, 11 months ago

United States v. Vaello Madero

In this ruling from just last month, the Supreme Court ruled that Puerto Ricans are not entitled to equal protection under the Fifth Amendment becaus…

3 years, 11 months ago

5-4 Live in Oakland [TEASER]

A common criticism of 5-4 is that adjudicating is hard work, and the hosts have no experience. So to prove that no, judging is actually dummy easy an…

3 years, 11 months ago

Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health: The End of Roe

In this emergency episode, the hosts are talking about what happens now that a draft of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision has bee…

4 years ago