0:00

Did I just put you on the spot like that, like all

0:02

the time? The professors, yeah, they

0:05

tend to do that Socratic method.

0:07

So if you don't know the answer, they're just going to kick you out.

0:11

Hey,

0:14

everyone. This is Leon from Prolog

0:16

Projects. On this episode of

0:18

5 to 4, Peter, Rhiannon, and

0:20

Michael are taking your questions. This

0:23

is an extremely heightened moment in American

0:25

politics, and the questions you all sent

0:28

in very much reflect that. So

0:30

the host will be addressing a range of issues, why

0:33

the liberal justices seem to be taking a

0:35

laissez-faire approach to the conservative takeover of the

0:37

judiciary, what to do with your

0:40

vote in the 2024 elections, and

0:42

why law professors still seem to think it's fine

0:44

to date their students. This

0:47

is 5 to 4, a podcast about how

0:49

much the Supreme Court sucks. Coming

0:56

to 5 to 4, where we dissect and

0:58

analyze the Supreme Court cases that have ignored

1:00

our civil rights, like the Pulitzer Prize Board

1:02

ignoring journalists in Gaza. I'm

1:04

Peter. I'm here with Michael. Hey, everybody.

1:07

And Rhiannon. Hello. Congratulations,

1:09

of course, to the New York Times for

1:12

their 150th consecutive year of winning a

1:16

Pulitzer or whatever, just a

1:18

guess, for their, quote, wide-ranging

1:21

and revelatory coverage of Hamas's lethal

1:23

attack in southern Israel on October

1:25

7th. You know

1:27

that that coverage was good, because for the

1:29

good coverage to outweigh

1:31

the objectively false coverage, that's

1:34

something. Yeah. So

1:36

again, congrats. Congrats. Yeah.

1:39

To the New York Times. Pat

1:41

on the back, everybody. Great

1:44

work. All right. So

1:47

we are doing a mailbag episode

1:50

today. We have

1:52

your questions. We

1:55

have reviewed your questions. We've

1:58

chosen our favorite questions. Then

2:00

our least favorite questions were not gonna read

2:02

them but we have talked about them amongst

2:04

ourselves and we laughed at the first or

2:06

last you for sending them in. Another

2:10

the only two categories for three that

2:13

he regrets and read on the spot

2:15

does so I will say up top

2:17

we got a good amount of questions

2:19

about like protesting and what's going on

2:21

on campus and because we did the.

2:24

Episode About The Campus Protest last

2:26

week. We're gonna have more or

2:28

less leave those alone. They should

2:31

be addressed by our harrowing. Episode.

2:34

Comprehensive coverage. Site not pure

2:36

lead. Surprise winning. Weird. They know

2:38

it has been released yet. I think

2:40

that's the only reason for it. It's

2:42

up for our my my five guaranteed

2:45

zip zip code. It's over room and

2:47

yourself right now of with yeah. So

2:50

jumping in our first class in

2:52

friend James is there good seat.

2:54

Reason the liberal establishment isn't playing

2:56

the Scotus game as aggressively as

2:59

they really should. Are they really

3:01

just clinging to the idealized nonpartisan

3:03

institutions that they believe. The Supreme Court

3:05

ought to be. This is a good question. We

3:07

had a few questions. Along these

3:09

lines like what are the Libs

3:12

doing? yes, why are they so

3:14

seemingly sort of still embracing the

3:16

institution? My they have lead

3:18

poisoning? Acid Somebody Troponin Bill

3:20

Rice All the questions that

3:22

their conduct would naturally me

3:24

today is is it correct?

3:26

So first things first. I

3:29

think it's very hard for

3:31

the average five to four

3:33

listener. To. Put themselves in

3:35

a mine space of the average

3:37

liberal Supreme Court justice Roseanne. For.

3:39

The most part, yes, these people really do

3:42

believe in the institution of the court. And.

3:44

Adjust to the court, but courts

3:46

generally the law generally. They

3:49

are deeply entrenched in the

3:51

politics and culture of the

3:53

institution. If. You're like a

3:55

young law student. Or.

3:57

Even any one like under forty.

4:00

It's. Probably a lot. Easier for

4:02

you to shed your prior understanding of what

4:04

the court is or was. Because.

4:07

That understanding as a few years old,

4:09

right? I mean, if you were. Forty.

4:12

Right now you worth thirty two

4:15

when Merrick Garland happened. Rates which

4:17

means like you weren't that deep

4:19

into paying attention to politics, right?

4:21

Yeah, this is one of the

4:23

first major events that in the

4:26

history of the Supreme Court in

4:28

your adult life. So. I

4:30

think a lot of people including and like

4:32

our age group, but especially if you're a

4:34

bit younger. A

4:37

look at this and they're like

4:39

isn't a so obvious what's happening,

4:41

but you have to think about

4:43

someone who has believed one thing

4:45

about the court for forty plus

4:47

years and that's a major part

4:49

of their life, right? Be major

4:51

part of their lines. And that's

4:53

decades of understanding and analyzing the

4:55

court. As. Like a largely

4:57

a political actor, right? a noble

4:59

idea or that's not something that

5:01

you can be easily shake if

5:03

you're in. their shoots right and

5:05

they have been rewarded Know their

5:08

approach to the law into politics,

5:10

has been rewarded with career advancement,

5:12

with fame and with good fortune

5:14

like bearer at the peak of

5:16

their career like it's very hard

5:18

to turn around and look at

5:20

it and be like yeah but

5:22

it's all trash specific. you know

5:24

that is area you're. Asking a lot

5:27

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