This week’s episode is Garcetti v. Ceballos, where the Court said that free speech is important, but not as important as being able to fire your employees.

This week’s premium episode is about the federal judges speaking out against the Supreme Court, and Amy Coney Barrett’s bizarre press tour.

This week’s episode is INS v. Lopez-Mendoza, a 1984 case where the Court held that immigrants have constitutional rights, they’re just not allowed to enforce them.

This week’s episode is Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, where the Court butchered a statute in order to let Trump keep blocking foreign aid.

This month’s premium episode is about the state of the First Amendment under Trump, where we address the question of how close you can get to doing a death threat before it’s illegal.

This week’s episode is Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, where the Court allowed ICE to do a little bit of racial discrimination as a treat.

This week’s premium episode is a mailbag, where we take a few listener questions and respond with long rants.

This week’s episode is Medina v. Planned Parenthood, where the Court held that it might be illegal to exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid, but you can’t do anything about it.

We’re answering listener questions for our next episode. If you have one, ask here or email us: fivefourpod at gmail.

We’re answering listener questions for our next episode. If you have one, ask here or email us: fivefourpod at gmail.

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This week's episode is McMahon v. New York, where the Court let the Trump gut the Department of Education without even bothering to write an opinion.

It’s rarely put so plainly, but Peter is exactly correct on this episode: law enforcement, as a whole, constitutes a right wing political group that has been funded and elevated with enthusiastic bipartisan consensus. Any Democrat who fails to understand this will fail to fix anything.

Due to popular demand, we’ve unlocked this episode for public consumption.

This week’s premium episode is about Trump’s efforts at domestic militarization, including a dissection of what exactly went down in Los Angeles this June.

Conservatives in America define "pornography" as "any depiction of transgender people or queer people more generally," rather than as "explicit depictions of sex." If you're looking for a good summary of that aspect of their war on freedom of speech, check out the new episode of 5-4.

This week’s episode is Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, where the Court jumped through hoops to let Texas’s anti-porn law survive, all while creating a path for crackdowns on LGBT content.

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This week’s episode is Mahmoud v. Taylor, where the Court held that some children’s books are just too gay for public schools.

This week’s premium episode is a reflection on how the Court is strategically aiding the Trump administration, and where this all leaves our institutionalist king John Roberts.

This week’s premium episode is a reflection on how the Court is strategically aiding the Trump administration, and where this all leaves our institutionalist king John Roberts.

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This week’s episode is Trump v. CASA, where the Court addressed Trump’s illegal birthright citizenship order by ignoring the issue entirely.

This week’s episode is United States v. Skrmetti, where the Court held that banning gender-affirming care isn’t discriminatory.

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we took this week off, but next week is United States v. Skrmetti

This week’s episode covers two recent cases about DOGE, where the Court held that (1) DOGE gets unfettered access to your private data and (2) you can’t get access to theirs.

This week’s episode is Trump v. Wilcox, where the Court let Trump fire the leadership of independent agencies despite the fact that it’s against the law.

This week’s premium episode is a discussion about police propaganda with Alec Karakatsanis, from “officer involved” shootings to the explosion in police PR budgets.

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This week’s premium episode covers Trump’s new plane, the latest SCOTUS decision on deportations, updates on his assorted political prisoners, and more.

This week’s episode is Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, where the Court held that free speech doesn’t really apply if you’re a student.

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This week’s episode is United States v. Zubaydah, where the Court held that the government can protect state secrets, even when the “secrets” are public knowledge.

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unfortunately Leon tried to fix some issues with our feed and accidentally blasted out several old episodes. he will be punished accordingly.

This week’s episode is Trump v. JGG, last week’s case where the Supreme Court laid the groundwork for its approach to Trump’s deportation regime.

and yes, next week’s episode is about the case that dropped last night

This week’s episode is Department of State v. Munoz, where the Court held that the government doesn’t have to tell you why your spouse isn’t allowed to enter the country.

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This week’s premium episode is about the latest chapter in Trump’s authoritarian blitz, from deportations without due process to the targeted disappearance of protestors.

This week’s episode is San Francisco v. EPA, where the court held that there should be a little more poop in the water.

This week’s premium episode is about the Powell memo, the blueprint for the corporate takeover of American politics.

You know when you learn about something and you’re like OH. That explains…everything? That’s how I feel about the Powell Memo. The roadmap for the pro-corporate, anti-people takeover of the courts, the consequences of which are devastating. Genuinely stoked for this @fivefourpod.bsky.social ep.

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