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 landmark cases and an irreverent tour of all the ways in which the law is shaped by politics.Subscribe to our premium episodes & much more at fivefourpod.com/support5-4 is a production of Prologue Projects.
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2026 Mailbag: Is Any Of This Legal? [TEASER] (00:05:33)
5-4 answers your questions about whether ICE agents can be prosecuted, why it’s worth knowing your rights, if the president can cancel the midterms and…whether there’s revolutionary potential in tax e...
The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act, Part II (01:03:38)
How the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was dismantled. If you're not a 5-4 Premium member, you're not hearing every episode! To hear this and other Premium-only episodes, access to our Slack community, and...
The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act, Part I (01:12:21)
The history of why we needed (and still need) the Voting Rights Act of 1965. If you're not a 5-4 Premium member, you're not hearing every episode! To hear this and other Premium-only episodes, access ...
The 2025 5-4 Giving Guide: Don’t Let the Fascists Keep You Down (00:21:15)
A movie about a dipshit who prays his way to the Supreme Court. It’s worse than you imagine.If you're not a 5-4 Premium member, you're not hearing every episode! To hear this and other Premium-only ep...
Trump v. Orr (00:45:59)
Trans erasure. Anti-intellectualism. Culture war. Moral panic. These are a few of the Supreme Court’s favorite things!If you're not a 5-4 Premium member, you're not hearing every episode! To hear this...
Fire at Will: Trump’s Illegal War in the Caribbean [TEASER] (00:04:45)
These days, three degrees of separation from a drug dealer is all it takes to get you drone struck by the U.S. government in Venezuela. And look, maybe these extrajudicial killings aren’t exactly lega...
Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam (00:44:53)
*** An earlier version of this episode incorrectly referred to the asylum officers who conduct credible fear interviews as border patrol agents. ***If the government is acting all authoritarian-y, det...
“What’s at Stake is Everything”: The Last Columbia Protester in ICE Detention (00:49:33)
You've heard about all the Supreme Court cases about how immigration law is different, about how ICE's powers are different, about how the Trump administration can do whatever it wants…on this episode...
Garcetti v. Ceballos (00:45:58)
The Supreme Court tramples upon your most sacred right: the right to complain about your co-workers.If you're not a 5-4 Premium member, you're not hearing every episode! To hear this and other Premium...
Panic! In The Federal Judiciary [TEASER] (00:04:45)
You know things are really bad when federal judges–historically an extremely reticent group–are sounding the alarm about the chaos and confusion the Supreme Court is reaping these days. Never fear, Am...
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Lopez-Mendoza (00:49:29)
I think we can all agree that the Constitution guarantees every individual certain unalienable rights–oh wait, sorry, getting a call. Right. Sorry. Okay. Yea. Got it. Hey, so I think we can all agree ...
Rhiannon Interviews Mahmoud Khalil (00:43:05)
On this episode of Popular Cradle, (Rhiannon’s other podcast!), she interviews Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained by ICE for more than 100 days earlier this year. You can find Popu...
Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (00:38:32)
Feels like we should be able to collectively wrestle with the problems of a system by which 14 million people will die in the next five years because one man can decide to withhold a bunch of money th...
Free Speech, Chilled to Perfection [TEASER] (00:04:45)
Do you ever feel…like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? That’s understandable because battles over free speech and the First Amendment are raging right now, whether on ...
2025-2026 Supreme Court Term Preview (00:59:08)
You are getting very sleepy…you are getting very sleepy…HEY! Wake up. It may look like the slate of cases for this Supreme Court term doesn't have many fundamental constitutional rights hanging in the...
Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo (00:57:16)
Papers, please. The hallmark of fascist states of eras past and your favorite movie about authoritarianism is now also the official policy of the United States, with the Supreme Court’s blessing. But ...
Welcome to Law School 2025 (01:10:59)
Kudos to everyone who is starting law school in this economy and during an authoritarian regime. In this annual episode, Peter, Rhiannon, and Michael share their wisdom on how to survive law school. I...
Step Your Pussy Up Under Fascism [TEASER] (00:04:45)
It's okay to be scared. It's hard not to succumb to the nihilism of the second Trump administration. But that is precisely what he and his administration want you to do. Please don't fall for it. Inst...
Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (00:48:44)
Federal law says that Medicaid recipients have the right to choose their healthcare provider. One problem, though–what if a Medicaid recipient chooses to go to Planned Parenthood to get healthcare? In...
McMahon v. New York (00:51:11)
Don't be sad, little Johnny, Trump just took the Department of Education to live on a big farm with so much space to run around and play in, and all the treats the Department of Education could ever d...
Trump Brings the War Home [UNLOCKED] (00:57:30)
California has become a testing ground for Trump's police state ambitions. In Los Angeles and across the country, he’s merging the military and the police into one entity, with its guns aimed inward.I...
Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton (00:55:48)
Please have your driver's license, social security card, or any other highly personal private information ready to share if you wish to rub one out to online porn. If you're not a 5-4 Premium member,...
Mahmoud v. Taylor (01:02:27)
Because the conservatives on the Supreme Court are lowkey homophobic, they have made it easier for parents of kids in public schools to opt out of topics that make them uncomfortable. LGBTQ books, no ...
Portrait of a John Roberts on Fire [TEASER] (00:04:45)
These “boys” and in some cases “gals” keep proving us right! The 2024-2025 Supreme Court term was a beautiful illustration of this podcast’s entire thesis: this is an institution untethered by law, be...
