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A podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. patreon.com/fivefourpod


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🚨 EMERGENCY EPISODE: Trump v. United States 🚨 By a 6-3 decision, we live in a monarchy.

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Supreme Court no good

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This week’s episode is Garland v. Cargill, where the Court used the power of textualism to deduce that guns with bump stocks aren’t *technically* machine guns.

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This week’s episode is Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, where Justice Alito explained that we shouldn’t accuse state legislators of doing racist gerrymandering, because that would be too mean.

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we told you these justices were dumb freaks

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This week’s premium episode is the much-requested discussion of Justice Alito’s various flags. Subscribe on Patreon to listen:

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This week's episode is Arizona v. Navajo Nation, where the Court held that just because we gave you a tribal reservation doesn't mean we have to give you water.

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This week’s episode is Maryland v. King, where the Court held that the cops can take just a little bit of your DNA if you get arrested.

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This week’s premium episode is a mailbag. We answer your questions about feckless liberal justices, professors dating students, and Joseph Biden. Subscribe on Patreon:

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This week’s episode is about the campus protests, how your free speech rights work in the real world, and the unjust arrest of our very own Rhiannon.

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We are preparing a Q&A/mailbag episode, so send us your questions by 1pm this coming Monday! Please send all good questions to fivefourpod@gmail.com, which will definitely make it into the pool for the episode; conversely, all bad questions should be posted as replies to this post. Many thanks.

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Today’s case is Hans v. Louisiana, where back in 1890 the Court basically made up a new constitutional amendment just to make it harder for you to sue the government.

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This week’s premium episode is about the calls for Sonia Sotomayor to retire. Are the people calling for her to step down correct? Yes. Are the people who disagree very stupid? Also yes. Subscribe on Patreon:

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This week's episode is Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, where the Court held that trying to teach a designated terrorist group to stop using terrorism and use peaceful means instead is actually illegal.

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This week’s premium episode is about the legal battle at the southern border, where Texas is attempting to implement its own immigration regime, creating a constitutional crisis in the process.

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lol I saw this headline before I saw the accompanying photo and thought it was about the Supreme Court but it’s actually just about clowns

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This week's episode is United States v. Jones, where the Court held that if you successfully use the "insanity defense," you can just be placed into a mental health institution indefinitely.

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This week's episode is Illinois v. Caballes, where the Court held that a police dog sniffing around your car doesn't technically qualify as a "search."

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🚨🚨 EMERGENCY EPISODE 🚨🚨 The Supreme Court gave Donald Trump a special insurrection pass in a 9-0 ruling. We break down how bad this is for democracy and the rule of law, and what a whiff it was from the libs to not even dissent. With guest @jaywillis.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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This week’s premium episode is about how to teach constitutional law in the era of a right wing supermajority. We dissect a recent New York Times piece that features quotes from a gauntlet of the nation’s most credulous law professors. Subscribe to listen:

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This week’s episode is Maryland v. Shatzer, where the Court held that invoking your right to an attorney buys you some time but doesn’t actually get you an attorney.

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proud of the 5-4 crew for their work on this series, and proud to drop the final episode on the anniversary of Scalia’s death

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This week's premium episode is the final installment of our Federalist Society series. This one is about how to fight back, from undermining them on campus to building organizations on the left. Subscribe on Patreon to listen:

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This week’s episode is part 3 of our series on the Federalist Society. This episode is about how the organization has changed the law itself, creating a pipeline for right-wing ideas and getting gullible liberals to buy in.

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This week's episode is part two of our series on the Federalist Society. This one is all about how they operate, from law school lunches to vetting judges and laundering dark money for billionaires.

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This week's episode is part one of our four-part series on the Federalist Society. We lay out how a small student organization, armed with billionaire money and a victimhood complex, became one of the most powerful political operations in the country.

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someone at Jeopardy is making their way through the extended podcast universe

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We are both touched that someone would do this in our honor and shocked that any of our fans could afford it

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As we’ve said before on the podcast, our paid subscribers are the most moral and angelic people on earth. But there are times when we must adhere to a higher principle: whole block eating

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It’s that time of year! Our third annual Giving Guide was released today, in which we list organizations that are worthy of your time or money or general support this holiday season and beyond. Go chill at your local public library and listen!

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Due to popular demand, this episode is now unlocked and available to everyone, wherever you get your podcasts

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because so many people have asked: no, we’re not going to do an emergency episode on this. we’re going to wait a couple of weeks for the Supreme Court to overturn it and then we’ll do an episode

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This week's premium episode is an interview with Ryna Workman and Jinan Chehade, who lost their jobs over statements made about Gaza. We chat about what happened, the double standard in corporate law, and the limits of corporate diversity.

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This week’s premium episode is about the times we tried and failed to amend the constitution. We touch on all the hot button issues: slavery, child labor, women. PLUS a bonus discussion about a time in the 1960s when we almost scrapped the Constitution entirely.

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This week's episode is Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters, where the Court held that unions are allowed to strike, but only if they do it politely.

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if we weren’t your top podcast on Spotify that’s ok, we guess you’re just into stupid podcasts for JERKS

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