In this episode, we're going to be talking about what amounts to physical abuse of children.

So if that's something you're sensitive to, you might want to set this one out or take care when listening.

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Hey everyone, this is Leon from Fiasco and Prologg Projects.

On this week's episode of 5-4, Peter, Riannan, and Michael are talking about corporal punishment.

Despite a steady decline in the practice of spanking children in schools,

the practice remains legal because of this ruling from 1977.

The courts said the spanking of students was rooted in the American tradition,

but said if overdone parents could still bring charges in the state courts.

In this 5-4 decision, the court ruled that public schoolteachers beating kids

does not violate the Eighth Amendment, which is supposed to prohibit cruel and unusual punishment.

The ruling created a bizarre situation in which students have more legal protections against physical abuse.

If they find themselves in a prison cell, then they do when they're in class.

This is 5-4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.

Welcome to 5-4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases

that have spread the seeds of hopelessness across the country, like wind to a dandy lion.

I'm Peter, I'm here with Riannan.

Hey, hi everyone.

And Michael.

Hi, hi.

I really want to stop doing the metaphors.

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