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

On this week's episode of 5-4, Peter, Rianne, and Michael are discussing Smith v. Maryland,

a case from 1979 about phone surveillance.

In this case, the court held that police don't need a warrant to track who you call because,

after all, you willingly shared that information with the phone company.

The decision is premised on the third party doctrine, an idea that conservatives in the

court have been using ever since to clear the way for new forms of surveillance.

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 filled

America's shoes with pebbles of injustice.

I am Peter, here with Michael, and Rianne.

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