Peter, Rhiannon, and Michael dig into some recent headlines including plans to ban halal food in Texas, John Roberts’ Substack debut, the disturbing truth behind DNC spam texts, and more.Check out Adam Bonica’s investigation here.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 more, join at fivefourpod.com/support.5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Alli Rodgers. Leon Neyfakh provides editorial support. Our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations. Transcriptions of each episode are available at fivefourpod.com Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On BlueSky, find Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social, Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social, and Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social.Our Sponsors:* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/FIVEFOUR for a great deal: https://www.quince.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Yet another opinion where the Supreme Court decides that money is speech and bribery doesn’t exist without a big sack of money. 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 more, join at fivefourpod.com/support.5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Andrew Parsons. Leon Neyfakh provides editorial support. Our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations. Transcriptions of each episode are available at fivefourpod.com Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On BlueSky, find Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social, Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social, and Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social.Our Sponsors:* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/FIVEFOUR for a great deal: https://www.quince.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Executive agencies are fake by the way… 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 more, join at fivefourpod.com/support.5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Alli Rodgers. Leon Neyfakh provides editorial support. Our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations. Transcriptions of each episode are available at fivefourpod.com Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On BlueSky, find Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social, Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social, and Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social.Our Sponsors:* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/FIVEFOUR for a great deal: https://www.quince.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Peter, Rhiannon, and Michael take a break from case law to discuss the possibility of stolen midterms, the evil lawyers defending Kalshi and Polymarket, and SCOTUSBlog’s subtle conservative makeover. 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 more, join at fivefourpod.com/support.5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Alli Rodgers. Leon Neyfakh provides editorial support. Our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations. Transcriptions of each episode are available at fivefourpod.com Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On BlueSky, find Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social, Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social, and Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social.Our Sponsors:* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/FIVEFOUR for a great deal: https://www.quince.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

It’s not racist to think, act, and talk like a racist.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 more, join at fivefourpod.com/support.5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Alli Rodgers. Leon Neyfakh provides editorial support. Our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations. Transcriptions of each episode are available at fivefourpod.com Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On BlueSky, find Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social, Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social, and Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social.Our Sponsors:* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/FIVEFOUR for a great deal: https://www.quince.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

The Supreme Court backs West Virginia in banning it's only openly trans student athlete from the girls cross country team. If you're not a 5-4 Premium member, you're not hearing every episode! To hear this and other Premium-only episodes, get access to our Slack community, and more, join at fivefourpod.com/support.5 to 4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Allison Rodgers. Leon Neyfakh provides editorial support. Our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.Our Sponsors:* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/FIVEFOUR for a great deal: https://www.quince.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Peter, Rhiannon, and Michael take a hard look at media coverage of this Supreme Court term. Thank you to our wonderful subscribers. 5 to 4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Allison Rodgers . Leon Neyfakh provides editorial support. 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 BlueSky, find Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social, Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social, and Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social.Our Sponsors:* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/FIVEFOUR for a great deal: https://www.quince.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Birthright citizenship, widely considered settled law before Trump tried to overturn it via executive order last year, escaped this term unscathed by one single vote. Peter, Rhiannon, and Michael explore the various mental illnesses, brainworms, and ahistorical nonsense that led to such a close decision. 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 more, join at fivefourpod.com/support.5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Alli Rodgers. Leon Neyfakh provides editorial support. Our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations. Transcriptions of each episode are available at fivefourpod.com Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On BlueSky, find Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social, Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social, and Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social.Our Sponsors:* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/FIVEFOUR for a great deal: https://www.quince.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

In honor of America’s birthday, join Peter, Rhiannon, Michael and University of Pennsylvania Law Professor Kermit Roosevelt as they talk through how the Supreme Court greased the wheels for the end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow.Check out Kermit’s book The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America’s Story.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 more, join at fivefourpod.com/support.5 to 4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Allison Rodgers. Leon Neyfakh provides editorial support. 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 BlueSky, find Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social, Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social, and Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social.Our Sponsors:* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/FIVEFOUR for a great deal: https://www.quince.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Rhiannon interviews Lisa Graves – right‑wing influence expert, former Justice Department official, co‑host of Legal AF, and founder of True North Research – about her latest book, Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights.Check out Without Precedent here! 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 more, join at fivefourpod.com/support.5 to 4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Allison Rodgers. Leon Neyfakh provides editorial support. 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 BlueSky, find Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social, Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social, and Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social.Our Sponsors:* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/fivefour for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/FIVEFOUR for a great deal: https://www.quince.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands