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The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act, Part II Podcast Episode · 5-4 · 01/27/2026 · 1h 4m

This week’s episode is the second and final part of our series about the Voting Rights Act. In this one, we plot the evolution of the conservative reaction, including the ascendance of anti-voting pervert John Roberts.

Next week we'll be doing a mailbag episode, so drop us a reply here or send an email to fivefourpod@gmail.com with your questions!

The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act, Part 1 Podcast Episode · 5-4 · 01/20/2026 · 1h 12m

This week’s episode is the first in our two-part series about the rise and fall of the Voting Rights Act. We’re tracing the attack on voting rights from Jim Crow to John Roberts.

We are excited to get back into the swing of it with you all. The first weeks of 2026 have been difficult for anyone who cares about politics and, really, people generally, both here and abroad. But this community continues to fill us with hope that we can build a better future together.

We also will be hosting an Archenemies Zoom in the next week where will discuss current events around the country, the Trump loyalists in the appellate circuits, and whatever else is on our minds. Date and time TBD, so watch this space!

We wanted to give you a heads up that we will be back next week with the 1st of a 2-part miniseries on the Voting Rights Act. We're excited to share it with you, a wide lens view of the the struggle for equality and emancipatory politics against the forces of reaction, from the Civil War up to today

Movie Review: Average Joe [SUBSCRIBER ONLY] | 5-4 Get more from 5-4 on Patreon

This week’s premium episode is our review of Average Joe, a movie about the assistant football coach who went to the Supreme Court to protect his right to make a big public spectacle of his prayers.

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We’ve been told there’s a holiday sale happening on our merch again? And it ends tonight at midnight. Start a fight at Christmas with an “Antonin Scalia is dead” mug 🥰🎄

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The reason my @fivefourpod.bsky.social fandom predates it by 20 years

There’s six of them :) one for each of the dumb freaks

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Merch design. Black background with white Supreme Court building. White stars in the black sky. Orange and red meteor headed towards building.

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Fire at Will: Trump’s Illegal War in the Caribbean [SUBSCRIBER-ONLY] | 5-4 Get more from 5-4 on Patreon

This week’s premium episode is about Trump’s drone strikes on purported drug boats in the Caribbean, the escalation to a possible war, and how past administrations paved the way for Trump.

“What’s at Stake is Everything”: The Last Columbia Protester in ICE Detention

This week’s episode is an interview with two lawyers who represent Leqaa Kordia, a young Palestinian woman who is in ICE detention for protesting genocide.

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there was an issue when the episode was published — if you delete and re-download it should work

Garcetti v. Ceballos Podcast Episode · 5-4 · 11/04/2025 · 46m

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.

Panic! In The Federal Judiciary [SUBSCRIBER-ONLY] | 5-4 Get more from 5-4 on Patreon

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

Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Lopez-Mendoza Podcast Episode · 5-4 · 10/21/2025 · 49m

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.

Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition Podcast Episode · 5-4 · 10/14/2025 · 39m

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.

Free Speech, Chilled to Perfection [SUBSCRIBER-ONLY] | 5-4 Get more from 5-4 on Patreon

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.

very weird - this was designed as a front print and this is the first time we’re seeing it appear as a back print. Looking into it.

Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo Podcast Episode · 5-4 · 09/16/2025 · 57m

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.

Step Your Pussy Up Under Fascism [SUBSCRIBER-ONLY] | 5-4 Get more from 5-4 on Patreon

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

Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Podcast Episode · 5-4 · 08/26/2025 · 49m

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.

5-4 listed as the 69th greatest podcast of all time

Left of Dial Media published a list of the 100 greatest podcasts of all time, and we have great news about our placement

McMahon v. New York Podcast Episode · 5-4 · 08/12/2025 · 51m

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.

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