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5-4

Podcasts · Government

5-4

256 episodes · 17 with AI analysis

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Topics · top 10

First Amendment protections for government employeesWhistleblower protections and internal reporting mechanismsProsecutorial ethics and Brady v. Maryland obligationsAcademic freedom and university employment speech rightsRetaliation against federal employees in January 6th prosecutionsPublic sector labor law and employment at-will doctrineConstitutional obligations of lawyers and professional speechBad-faith government actors and constitutional safeguardsPickering balancing test for public employee speechIdeological purges in government and public institutions

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Nov 4, 2025

Garcetti v. Ceballos

First Amendment protections for government employeesWhistleblower protections and internal reporting mechanismsProsecutorial ethics and Brady v. Maryland obligations
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Nov 11, 2025

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

ICE detention and immigration enforcementFirst Amendment protections for non-citizensImmigration court vs. federal habeas corpus procedures
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Feb 10, 2026

Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Delgado

Fourth Amendment seizure doctrine and reasonable person standardImmigration enforcement constitutional protections and carve-outsGeneral warrants and particularized suspicion requirements
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Mar 24, 2026

Dames & Moore v. Regan

Executive Power and Separation of PowersU.S.-Iran Relations and Diplomatic History1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis
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Nov 18, 2025

Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam

Habeas Corpus Rights in Immigration LawExpedited Removal ProceedingsDue Process Protections for Non-Citizens
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Nov 25, 2025

Fire at Will: Trump’s Illegal War in the Caribbean [TEASER]

Trump Administration Drone StrikesExecutive Power and War on TerrorCaribbean Military Operations
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Mar 17, 2026

No War Is Illegal (When They All Are) [SUBSCRIBER-ONLY]

Constitutional war powers and presidential authorityCongressional war declaration history and modern absenceExecutive branch military overreach
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Dec 9, 2025

Trump v. Orr

Trump v. Orr Supreme Court caseShadow docket emergency rulingsTransgender passport sex designation policy
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Dec 16, 2025

Movie Review: Average Joe [TEASER]

Supreme Court First Amendment JurisprudenceReligious Expression in Public SchoolsKennedy v. Bremerton School District Ruling
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Dec 23, 2025

The 2025 5-4 Giving Guide: Don’t Let the Fascists Keep You Down

LGBTQ+ and HIV-positive immigrant rights and asylum accessPalestinian diaspora organizing and arms embargo advocacyAbortion access and reproductive justice in post-Roe landscape
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Jan 20, 2026

The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act, Part I

Voting Rights Act of 1965 - History and MechanismsReconstruction Era (1865-1877) - Political Gains and RollbackJim Crow Disenfranchisement Tactics - Literacy Tests, Poll Taxes, Grandfather Clauses
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Jan 27, 2026

The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act, Part II

Voting Rights Act of 1965 - history, provisions, and dismantlingPreclearance requirements and Section 5 enforcementMobile v. Bolden (1980) - discriminatory intent vs. discriminatory effect
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Mar 10, 2026

Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump

International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEPA) statutory interpretationPresidential tariff authority and emergency powersMajor questions doctrine application to taxation and foreign affairs
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Mar 3, 2026

Immigration Law in 2026: Fighting the Cruelty Machine

Immigration detention and indefinite detention policy (Zadvayas case)Mandatory detention expansion under Lake and Riley ActThird-country deportations and removal procedures
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Feb 3, 2026

2026 Mailbag: Is Any Of This Legal? [TEASER]

ICE Enforcement and AccountabilityFederal Officer ProsecutionState vs. Federal Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases
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Feb 24, 2026

Meet Your Attorney General, Pam Bondi [TEASER]

Attorney General Pam Bondi appointmentTrump administration Justice DepartmentEpstein files congressional hearing
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Feb 17, 2026

Pulsifer v. United States

Mandatory Minimum Sentencing ReformFirst Step Act Implementation and LimitationsStatutory Interpretation and Textualism
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