Podcast Episodes

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…

4 years, 2 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, 2 months ago

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, 2 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months ago