Podcast Episodes

Lassiter v. Department of Social Services

In this case, the Supreme Court rules that a mother who is at risk of losing parental rights for her child is not entitled to a lawyer during the pro…

4 years ago

Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias

A difference of political opinion is when one person wants the coal industry to get tax breaks, but another person wants the oil industry to get tax …

4 years ago

How the Biden SCOTUS Commission Radicalized One Law Professor [TEASER]

President Biden thought he could bury his weaksauce Supreme Court commission report by releasing it right before Christmas. Nice try Joey. We talked …

4 years ago

5-4 Presents: Damages - "Manoomin v. Minnesota"

This week, 5-4 is inviting you to check out an episode of Damages, from the Critical Frequency Podcast Network.

Damages is a courtroom drama podcast t…

4 years, 1 month ago

Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly

To review: If you are an anonymous donor, using your money to drown out the voices of everyone else in an election, that is free speech. If you are a…

4 years, 1 month ago

Strickland v. Washington

In this case, eight Supreme Court justices felt like it was totally fine to let the state kill a man, even though his lawyer prepared exactly NOTHING…

4 years, 1 month ago

The Civil Rights Cases of 1883 [TEASER]

In this episode, the hosts discuss a series of cases from 1883 about the 13th and 14th Amendments, which ultimately ushered in the Jim Crow era.  And…

4 years, 1 month ago

We Need To Talk About Ginni

In this long-anticipated episode we finally get into The Ginni Problem. New Yorker chief Washington correspondent Jane Mayer joins us to talk cults, …

4 years, 1 month ago

Merrill v. Milligan

The Supreme Court says there's simply no time before elections that are months away, to redraw racist Congressional district maps, that took all of o…

4 years, 2 months ago

The Lochner Era [TEASER]

Do you like reboots? You're gonna love The Lochner Era 2: Return of the Robber Barons! Featuring all of the union-busting, labor-exploiting, children…

4 years, 2 months ago