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5-4

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5-4 is a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. Hosted by Peter Shamshiri, Rhiannon Hamam, and Michael Liroff, it's a progressive and occasionally profane take on the ideological battles at the heart of the Court's most important…

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John Roberts is on Substack, U.S. Attorneys are Fake, and the DNC is a Scam [TEASER] 2026-08-25 · 5m
NRSC v. FEC 2026-08-18 · 38m
Trump v. Slaughter (and Trump v. Cook) 2026-08-11 · 57m
Gambling Away the Future: Kalshi, SCOTUSBlog, and Trump’s Bet on the Midterms [SUBSCRIBER-ONLY] 2026-08-04 · 5m
Mullin v. Doe 2026-07-28 · 55m
West Virginia v. B.P.J. 2026-07-21 · 62m
The Legal Media is Still in Denial [SUBSCRIBER-ONLY] 2026-07-14 · 5m
Trump v. Barbara 2026-07-07 · 66m
250 Years of Bad Decisions: SCOTUS, the Civil War, and the End of Reconstruction 2026-06-30 · 54m
“The Most Destructive Chief Justice in My Lifetime”: Dissecting John Roberts with Lisa Graves 2026-06-23 · 54m
The Supreme Court v. The First Step Act 2026-06-16 · 41m
Reform the Court and Your Love Life (Summer 2026 Mailbag) [TEASER] 2026-06-09 · 5m
California v. Greenwood 2026-06-02 · 52m
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha 2026-05-26 · 45m
Introducing: OnlyFantasy (Leon's New Podcast) 2026-05-21 · 12m
The People v. MrBeast [TEASER] 2026-05-19 · 6m
Louisiana v. Callais 2026-05-07 · 60m
Brecht v. Abrahamson 2026-05-05 · 47m
The Tea: Leaks, Gossip, and More Supreme Court Drama 2026-04-28 · 60m
The Tea: leaks, gossip, and more Supreme Court drama 2026-04-28 · 60m
Birthrights and Birthwrongs [TEASER] 2026-04-21 · 5m
Chiles v. Salazar 2026-04-14 · 52m
Hudson v. Michigan 2026-04-07 · 52m
Dames & Moore v. Regan 2026-03-24 · 48m
No War Is Illegal (When They All Are) [TEASER] 2026-03-17 · 6m
Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump 2026-03-10 · 60m
Immigration Law in 2026: Fighting the Cruelty Machine 2026-03-03 · 85m
Meet Your Attorney General, Pam Bondi [TEASER] 2026-02-24 · 6m
Pulsifer v. United States 2026-02-17 · 51m
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Delgado 2026-02-10 · 50m
2026 Mailbag: Is Any Of This Legal? [TEASER] 2026-02-03 · 6m
The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act, Part II 2026-01-27 · 64m
The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act, Part I 2026-01-20 · 72m
The 2025 5-4 Giving Guide: Don’t Let the Fascists Keep You Down 2025-12-23 · 21m
Movie Review: Average Joe [TEASER] 2025-12-16 · 5m
Trump v. Orr 2025-12-09 · 46m
Fire at Will: Trump’s Illegal War in the Caribbean [TEASER] 2025-11-25 · 5m
Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam 2025-11-18 · 45m
“What’s at Stake is Everything”: The Last Columbia Protester in ICE Detention 2025-11-11 · 50m
Garcetti v. Ceballos 2025-11-04 · 46m
Panic! In The Federal Judiciary [TEASER] 2025-10-28 · 5m
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Lopez-Mendoza 2025-10-21 · 49m
Rhiannon Interviews Mahmoud Khalil 2025-10-18 · 43m
Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition 2025-10-14 · 39m
Free Speech, Chilled to Perfection [TEASER] 2025-10-07 · 5m
2025-2026 Supreme Court Term Preview 2025-09-23 · 59m
Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo 2025-09-16 · 57m
Introducing FIASCO: BENGHAZI, hosted by Leon Neyfakh 2025-09-12 · 49m
Welcome to Law School 2025 2025-09-09 · 71m
Step Your Pussy Up Under Fascism [TEASER] 2025-09-02 · 5m
Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic 2025-08-26 · 49m
McMahon v. New York 2025-08-12 · 51m
Trump Brings the War Home [UNLOCKED] 2025-08-08 · 58m
Trump Brings the War Home [TEASER] 2025-08-05 · 6m
Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton 2025-07-29 · 56m
Mahmoud v. Taylor 2025-07-22 · 62m
Portrait of a John Roberts on Fire [TEASER] 2025-07-15 · 5m
Trump v. CASA, Inc. 2025-07-08 · 63m
United States v. Skrmetti 2025-07-01 · 69m
The DOGE Cases 2025-06-17 · 54m
Trump v. Wilcox 2025-06-10 · 42m
Copaganda with Alec Karakatsanis [TEASER] 2025-06-03 · 5m
Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union 2025-05-27 · 43m
No Due Process, Yes Jumbo Plane [TEASER] 2025-05-20 · 5m
Introducing... Final Thoughts: Jerry Springer, a New Podcast from Leon Neyfakh 2025-05-16 · 43m
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier 2025-05-06 · 51m
United States v. Zubaydah 2025-04-29 · 57m
Movie Review: The Firm [TEASER] 2025-04-22 · 5m
Introducing... Fiasco: Iran-Contra 2025-04-21 · 43m
Trump v. J.G.G. 2025-04-15 · 52m
Department of State v. Muñoz 2025-04-08 · 51m
A Message from Rhiannon 2025-04-01 · 3m
Authoritarian Creep(s) [TEASER] 2025-04-01 · 5m
Mobile v. Bolden 2025-03-25 · 50m
San Francisco v. EPA 2025-03-18 · 42m
The Powell Memo [TEASER] 2025-03-11 · 5m
McCutcheon v. FEC 2025-02-25 · 57m
NIFLA v. Becerra 2025-02-18 · 43m
Your Trump 2.0 Questions, Answered [UNLOCKED] 2025-02-13 · 69m
Trump’s Opening Salvo 2025-02-11 · 57m
Your Trump 2.0 Questions, Answered [TEASER] 2025-02-04 · 5m
TikTok v. Garland 2025-01-28 · 57m
Murphy v. NCAA 2025-01-21 · 49m
5-4 x Know Your Enemy: Trump 2.0 and the Courts 2025-01-14 · 69m
The 2024 5-4 Giving Guide 2024-12-24 · 24m
Holiday Extravaganza: Drake, TikTok, and the Clean Girls [TEASER] 2024-12-17 · 6m
Illinois v. Wardlow 2024-12-10 · 42m
United States v. 95 Barrels of Vinegar 2024-12-03 · 43m
Small Dick Durbin Energy [TEASER] 2024-11-26 · 5m
First as Farce, Then as Tragedy 2024-11-12 · 69m
The Year Ahead for Trans Rights [UNLOCKED] 2024-11-06 · 49m
Movie Review: My Cousin Vinny [TEASER] 2024-11-05 · 5m
Elon Musk’s War on Workers 2024-10-29 · 48m
The Coming Battle Over Reproductive Rights 2024-10-22 · 51m
Mackenzie v. Hare 2024-10-08 · 48m
2024-2025 Supreme Court Term Preview 2024-10-01 · 52m
The Roberts One-Step (TEASER) 2024-09-24 · 5m
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy 2024-09-17 · 43m
United States v. Stanley 2024-09-10 · 45m
Welcome to Law School 2024 2024-09-03 · 62m
Biden, Harris, and the Future of Court Reform (TEASER) 2024-08-27 · 5m
Fischer v. United States 2024-08-20 · 43m
Grants Pass v. Johnson 2024-08-13 · 54m
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo 2024-07-30 · 55m
Snyder v. United States 2024-07-16 · 43m
United States v. Rahimi 2024-07-09 · 6m
Trump v. United States 2024-07-02 · 52m
Garland v. Cargill 2024-06-25 · 45m
Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP 2024-06-18 · 50m
"The Constitution Includes Everybody" Live at Harvard Law School 2024-06-11 · 4m
Justice Alito's Red Flags 2024-06-04 · 7m
Arizona v. Navajo Nation 2024-05-28 · 45m
Maryland v. King 2024-05-21 · 42m
The 2024 Mailbag Episode [TEASER] 2024-05-14 · 6m
Free Rhiannon! Campus Protests and the First Amendment 2024-05-07 · 64m
Hans v. Louisiana 2024-04-30 · 34m
Retire, Sonia [TEASER] 2024-04-23 · 6m
Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project 2024-04-16 · 45m
The (Constitutional) Crisis at the Border 2024-04-02 · 6m
United States v. Jones 2024-03-26 · 48m
Illinois v. Caballes 2024-03-19 · 47m
Trump v. Anderson 2024-03-07 · 50m
How to Teach Constitutional Law [TEASER] 2024-03-05 · 7m
Nixon v. Fitzgerald 2024-02-27 · 60m
Maryland v. Shatzer 2024-02-20 · 50m
The Federalist Society, part 4: How to Fight Back [TEASER] 2024-02-13 · 8m
The Federalist Society, part 3: The Spoils 2024-02-06 · 55m
The Federalist Society, part 2: The Debate Club 2024-01-30 · 78m
The Federalist Society, part 1: Immodest Origins 2024-01-23 · 71m
The 5-4 Giving Guide 2023 2023-12-22 · 22m
How to Lose Your Job by Supporting Palestine [UNLOCKED] 2023-12-21 · 63m
How to Lose Your Job by Supporting Palestine [TEASER] 2023-12-19 · 7m
Epic Fail! Constitutional Amendments That Didn't Make the Grade [TEASER] 2023-12-12 · 6m
Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters 2023-12-05 · 56m
Abe Fortas: The Justice Who Walked So Clarence Thomas Could Run [TEASER] 2023-11-28 · 5m
Richardson v. Ramirez 2023-11-21 · 39m
Schenck v. United States 2023-11-14 · 54m
A Note From Rhiannon 2023-11-07 · 6m
Legally Blonde [TEASER] 2023-10-31 · 6m
Palestine Legal: "The Great Difference a Movement Lawyer Can Make" 2023-10-24 · 55m
Geduldig v. Aiello 2023-10-17 · 55m
Berghuis v. Thompkins 2023-10-10 · 60m
The Southern Manifesto [TEASER] 2023-10-03 · 7m
Hampton v. United States 2023-09-26 · 53m
2023-2024 Term Preview with Chris Geidner 2023-09-20 · 74m
Your Questions: Jury Nullification, Law School Reform, and More [TEASER] 2023-09-12 · 5m
United States v. Sioux Nation with Nick Estes 2023-09-05 · 44m
Welcome to Law School 2023 2023-08-29 · 71m
The Twisted Mind of Clarence Thomas [TEASER] 2023-08-22 · 7m
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard 2023-08-15 · 76m
Harisiades v. Shaughnessy 2023-08-08 · 50m
2022-2023 Term Reflections [TEASER] 2023-08-01 · 5m
DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services 2023-07-18 · 37m
Biden v. Nebraska 2023-07-11 · 59m
303 Creative LLC v. Elenis 2023-07-04 · 47m
Sackett v. EPA (Sackett II) 2023-06-27 · 45m
Protecting Trans Rights with Erin Reed [UNLOCKED] 2023-06-22 · 72m
Protecting Trans Rights with Erin Reed [TEASER] 2023-06-20 · 5m
American Ship Building Company v. National Labor Relations Board 2023-06-13 · 56m
Sierra Club v. Morton 2023-06-06 · 51m
The Fall and Rise of the Death Penalty [TEASER] 2023-05-30 · 7m
United States v. O'Brien 2023-05-23 · 41m
The Shadow Docket with Steve Vladeck 2023-05-09 · 73m
Palmer v. Thompson 2023-05-02 · 53m
The Thomas/Crow Affair [TEASER] 2023-04-25 · 5m
Ewing v. California 2023-04-18 · 59m
Noted Segregationist William Rehnquist [TEASER] 2023-04-11 · 5m
Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health 2023-04-04 · 57m
Palestine Legal: "The Great Difference a Movement Lawyer Can Make" [TEASER] 2023-03-31 · 5m
5-4 x Bloc Party: Michael on How the Dems Flopped on Debt Relief 2023-03-28 · 67m
Boyle v. United Technologies Corporation 2023-03-21 · 46m
"When I say EMPTY you say SKULL" - Live in Austin [TEASER] 2023-03-14 · 6m
5-4 Presents: Unreformed - "The Lucky Ones" 2023-03-07 · 41m
In re Gault with Josie Duffy Rice 2023-02-28 · 54m
Prosecutorial Immunity, or "FTP" Means Prosecutors Too [TEASER] 2023-02-21 · 5m
Connick v. Thompson Encore 2023-02-14 · 60m
"Jones Day Made Trump" - Live at Harvard Law with David Enrich 2023-02-07 · 70m
Korematsu v. United States 2023-01-31 · 43m
Your Questions Answered [TEASER] 2023-01-24 · 5m
Giles v. Harris 2023-01-17 · 39m
McDonnell v. United States 2023-01-10 · 50m
5-4 Presents: If Books Could Kill - "Outliers" 2022-12-27 · 52m
The 2022 Five Four Giving Guide: More Ways to Help 2022-12-20 · 20m
The Pelican Brief 2022-12-13 · 55m
Sonia Sotomayor [TEASER] 2022-12-06 · 5m
Glossip v. Gross 2022-11-22 · 48m
Utah v. Strieff 2022-11-15 · 44m
Public Defenders: "Incarceration Doesn't Make Us Safe" [TEASER] 2022-11-11 · 7m
Samuel Alito [TEASER] 2022-11-08 · 4m
Bowers v. Hardwick 2022-11-01 · 45m
Independent State Legislature Theory 2022-10-25 · 53m
Rhiannon Resigned and Peter Got Fired [TEASER] 2022-10-21 · 3m
Legal Discourse and Our Discontents [TEASER] 2022-10-18 · 6m
Tanner v. United States 2022-10-11 · 47m
2022-2023 Supreme Court Term Preview 2022-10-04 · 50m
Ketanji Brown Jackson [TEASER] 2022-09-27 · 5m
Minor v. Happersett 2022-09-20 · 45m
Vega v. Tekoh 2022-09-13 · 40m
Welcome to Law School (Again) 2022-08-30 · 59m
Harriet Miers Gets Wrecked [TEASER] 2022-08-23 · 4m
New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen 2022-08-16 · 53m
Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta 2022-08-09 · 42m
Free Speech, Cancel Culture, and the Court [TEASER] 2022-08-02 · 6m
"We can make Roe the law everywhere" - An Interview with Senator Elizabeth Warren 2022-07-28 · 34m
WTF Are The Dems Doing? with Jamelle Bouie 2022-07-26 · 56m
West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency 2022-07-19 · 50m
Kennedy v. Bremerton School District 2022-07-12 · 43m
Shinn v. Ramirez 2022-06-28 · 41m
Emergency Episode: Roe Is Overturned 2022-06-25 · 62m
Egbert v. Boule 2022-06-21 · 46m
5-4 x Know Your Enemy: "Overturning Roe, Part One" 2022-06-14 · 85m
Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate 2022-06-07 · 70m
Brett Kavanaugh - Unlocked Premium Episode 2022-05-31 · 60m
Whren v. United States 2022-05-24 · 42m
United States v. Vaello Madero 2022-05-17 · 41m
5-4 Live in Oakland [TEASER] 2022-05-10 · 8m
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health: The End of Roe 2022-05-04 · 65m
Lassiter v. Department of Social Services 2022-04-26 · 51m
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias 2022-04-19 · 37m
How the Biden SCOTUS Commission Radicalized One Law Professor [TEASER] 2022-04-12 · 4m
5-4 Presents: Damages - "Manoomin v. Minnesota" 2022-04-05 · 32m
Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly 2022-03-29 · 54m
Strickland v. Washington 2022-03-22 · 41m
The Civil Rights Cases of 1883 [TEASER] 2022-03-15 · 5m
We Need To Talk About Ginni 2022-03-08 · 41m
Merrill v. Milligan 2022-03-01 · 49m
The Lochner Era [TEASER] 2022-02-22 · 5m
Ingraham v. Wright 2022-02-15 · 35m
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 2022-02-08 · 53m
The Best Amendment (The Ninth) [TEASER] 2022-02-01 · 6m
NFIB v. Department of Labor 2022-01-25 · 55m
Florida v. Riley 2022-01-18 · 43m
5-4 Presents: Scene on Radio - "Pachamama" 2022-01-11 · 40m
The Return of the Rise and Fall of Roe v. Wade, Pt. 1 2022-01-04 · 60m
The Return of the Rise and Fall of Roe v. Wade, Pt. 2 2022-01-04 · 61m
The 5-4 Giving Guide: How to Help 2021-12-24 · 16m
5-4 Presents: The Politics of Everything on "the New Right" 2021-12-21 · 29m
The Warren Court: 5 Out of 5 Stars [TEASER] 2021-12-14 · 5m
Town of Greece v. Galloway 2021-12-07 · 40m
The Failed Nomination of Robert Bork [TEASER] 2021-11-23 · 5m
Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency 2021-11-16 · 43m
"This Is A Captured Institution" - An Interview with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 2021-11-09 · 49m
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld 2021-11-02 · 51m
Younger v. Harris 2021-10-26 · 43m
The Justices Are Getting Defensive [TEASER] 2021-10-19 · 5m
2021-2022 Supreme Court Term Preview 2021-10-12 · 58m
Nieves v. Bartlett 2021-10-05 · 55m
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl 2021-09-21 · 46m
Eviction Moratorium: A Perfect Storm of Conservative Bullshit [TEASER] 2021-09-14 · 4m
SB8: Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson 2021-09-03 · 46m
Welcome to Law School 2021-08-31 · 59m
Nestlé v. Doe 2021-08-24 · 51m
Stephen Breyer [TEASER] 2021-08-17 · 5m
Americans for Prosperity v. Bonta 2021-08-10 · 40m
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee 2021-08-03 · 47m
Why Supreme Court Media Coverage Sucks [TEASER] 2021-07-27 · 4m
5-4 Presents: Know Your Enemy on the 1/6 Insurrection 2021-07-20 · 97m
Prologue Presents FIASCO: BENGHAZI 2021-07-15 · 52m
Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid 2021-07-06 · 45m
Textualism [TEASER] 2021-06-29 · 5m
Fulton v. Philadelphia 2021-06-29 · 35m
Fulton v. Philadelphia [TEASER] 2021-06-22 · 4m
Meet Nick Wallace 2021-06-21 · 25m
Smith v. Maryland 2021-06-15 · 44m
5-4 x Even More News - Abortion Rights 2021-06-08 · 50m
Brett Kavanaugh [TEASER] 2021-06-01 · 5m
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes 2021-05-25 · 49m
Prologue Presents: Celebrity Book Club on Johnnie Cochran 2021-05-20 · 60m
Jones v. Mississippi 2021-05-18 · 55m
Roe v. Wade: The Movie [TEASER] 2021-05-11 · 4m
Get Us to Seven feat. Rep. Mondaire Jones 2021-05-04 · 67m
Bowles v. Russell 2021-04-27 · 56m
The Insular Cases [TEASER] 2021-04-20 · 5m
Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board 2021-04-13 · 43m
5-4 x Even More News 2021-04-06 · 57m
Connick v. Thompson 2021-03-30 · 57m
The Worst of the Worst: The Trump Judges [TEASER] 2021-03-23 · 6m
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky Inc. v. Williams 2021-03-16 · 40m
San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez ft. Alec Karakatsanis 2021-03-09 · 52m
Antonin Scalia [TEASER] 2021-03-02 · 4m
McCleskey v. Kemp ft. Josie Duffy Rice 2021-02-23 · 49m
Atkins v. Virginia 2021-02-16 · 58m
US v. Morrison 2021-02-09 · 50m
Navarette v. California 2021-02-02 · 50m
Morse v. Frederick 2021-01-26 · 40m
The Rise and Fall of Roe v. Wade, Pt. 2 2021-01-19 · 60m
The Rise and Fall of Roe v. Wade, Pt. 1 2021-01-12 · 54m
5-4 x Know Your Enemy 2020-12-29 · 85m
Herrera v. Collins 2020-12-15 · 49m
Roman Catholic Diocese v. Cuomo 2020-12-08 · 43m
Ashcroft v. Iqbal 2020-12-01 · 56m
Arizona Free Enterprise v. Bennett 2020-11-17 · 47m
The Courts Can’t Save Him 2020-11-10 · 53m
Reliving Bush v. Gore 2020-11-03 · 60m
How to Fix the Court feat. Rep. Ro Khanna 2020-10-27 · 72m
Rucho v. Common Cause 2020-10-20 · 60m
The Electoral College Coup Is Coming 2020-10-13 · 48m
“What if Trump Dies?” And Other Questions 2020-10-06 · 61m
Amy Coney Barrett is a Right Wing Freak 2020-09-29 · 49m
What RBG Didn't Understand 2020-09-21 · 46m
LA v. Lyons 2020-09-15 · 42m
Voting Rights 2020-09-08 · 50m
Flood v. Kuhn 2020-09-01 · 45m
Nielsen v. Preap 2020-08-25 · 49m
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale 2020-08-18 · 40m
Milliken v. Bradley 2020-08-11 · 48m
Term Recap: 2019-2020 2020-08-04 · 51m
Bennis v. Michigan 2020-07-21 · 46m
Epic Systems v. Lewis 2020-07-14 · 45m
Buckley v. Valeo 2020-07-07 · 42m
Janus v. AFSCME 2020-06-30 · 42m
Qualified Immunity 2020-06-23 · 55m
Exxon Shipping v. Baker 2020-06-17 · 44m
Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia 2020-06-16 · 26m
Hernandez v. Mesa 2020-06-09 · 56m
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby 2020-06-02 · 45m
Buck v. Bell 2020-05-26 · 46m
Tison v. Arizona 2020-05-19 · 47m
Clapper v. Amnesty International 2020-05-12 · 44m
The Biden Court 2020-05-05 · 55m
DC v. Heller 2020-04-28 · 51m
Kelo v. New London 2020-04-21 · 46m
Castle Rock v. Gonzales 2020-04-14 · 50m
Emergency Episode: RNC v. DNC 2020-04-08 · 23m
Trump v. Hawaii 2020-04-07 · 47m
NFIB v. Sebelius 2020-03-31 · 52m
Terry v. Ohio 2020-03-24 · 60m
Shelby County v. Holder 2020-03-17 · 52m
Fisher v. University of Texas 2020-03-10 · 51m
Citizens United v. FEC 2020-03-03 · 51m
Bush v. Gore 2020-02-25 · 45m
Official Trailer: 5-4 2020-02-04 · 2m
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