• 2024-2025 Supreme Court Term Preview
    Oct 1 2024

    Thank you to all of our subscribers — it's only through your support that 5-4 can look ahead to another glorious of horrible Supreme Court decisions.


    5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our researcher is Jonathan DeBruin, and our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.


    Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On Twitter, find Peter @The_Law_Boy and Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon.




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    50 mins
  • The Roberts One-Step (SUBSCRIBER-ONLY)
    Sep 24 2024

    This is a subscriber-only episode about the Real John Roberts, as rendered in a New York Times exposé about the Chief Justice's role in shaping Trump-related jurisprudence and turning the Court into a tool of the ex-President.


    Thank you to all of our subscribers — it's only through your support that 5-4 has survived long enough to see the Supreme Court get this far behind Donald Trump.


    5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Lena Richards. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our researcher is Jonathan DeBruin, and our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.


    Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On Twitter, find Peter @The_Law_Boy and Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon.


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    49 mins
  • Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy
    Sep 17 2024

    Thank you for supporting 5-4 and being a subscriber, we love you! It should be a white collar crime....


    5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Benjamin Frisch. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our researcher is Jonathan DeBruin, and our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.


    Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On Twitter, find Peter @The_Law_Boy and Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    43 mins
  • United States vs. Stanley
    Sep 10 2024

    Is being dosed against your will with mind-altering drugs just part of being a soldier? You won't believe what the famously prankish Supreme Court says...


    5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Benjamin Frisch. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our researcher is Jonathan DeBruin, and our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.


    Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On Twitter, find Peter @The_Law_Boy and Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    45 mins
  • Welcome to Law School 2024
    Sep 3 2024

    You've heard about the law on 5-4 — what if you went to a school about it? In this annual episode — a goodbye to summer, a hello to your personal fall — let Peter, Rhiannon, and Michael tell you what you need to know if you're sticking your foot in the old meat grinder.


    Thank you to all of our subscribers, even those of you who went to law school.


    5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Rachel Ward. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our researcher is Jonathan DeBruin, and our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.


    Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On Twitter, find Peter @The_Law_Boy and Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon.


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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Biden, Harris, and the Future of Court Reform (SUBSCRIBER-ONLY)
    Aug 27 2024

    This is a subscriber-only episode about Biden's proposals for reforming the Supreme Court... will the hosts of 5-4 say "we do"?


    Thank you to all of our subscribers — it's only through your support that 5-4 has survived long enough to see the White House propose Supreme Court term limits.


    5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Lena Richards. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our researcher is Jonathan DeBruin, and our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.


    Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On Twitter, find Peter @The_Law_Boy and Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    56 mins
  • Fischer v. United States
    Aug 20 2024

    Did the January 6th riot "obstruct an official proceeding"? That depends on how you interpret that very straightforward and unambiguous phrase.


    Thanks for being a subscriber! We love you and have an exclusive subscriber-only episode coming next week.


    5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Lena Richards. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our researcher is Jonathan DeBruin, and our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.


    Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On Twitter, find Peter @The_Law_Boy and Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    43 mins
  • Grants Pass v. Johnson
    Aug 13 2024

    It's not about BEING homeless, it's about doing something that's homeless.


    5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Lena Richards. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our researcher is Jonathan DeBruin, and our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.


    Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On Twitter, find Peter @The_Law_Boy and Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    54 mins