This is Brian Lair's Daily Politics podcast from WNYC Studios.

It's Monday, July 1st.

I'm Bridget Bergen, filling in for Brian today on this final Supreme Court opinion day of the term. The court weighed in on the question

of former President Trump's immunity from prosecution over his attempts to block the results of the

2020 election. It was a six-three decision along ideological lines with Chief Justice Roberts,

writing the majority opinion. We're joined again by Aziz Huck,

Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, an author of the forthcoming, The Rule of

Law, a very short introduction. Hello, Aziz, and welcome. Thanks for being back on the Brian

Laird Show. Thanks for having me, Bridgett. The court sent this back down to the lower court to re-evaluate the charges against the former

president in light of their guidance on immunity.

How much guidance did they actually set?

I think that they said several things that the district court in the first instance will have to apply

as new rules of constitutional law. And the application of those rules is likely to involve

a potentially lengthy fight over evidence and the shape of the indictments,

in which Trump's lawyers will be advantaged by several things the court said about how the

process is to unfold.

Aziz, we have a listener who texted a question.

Something a lower court asked was something along the lines of if the president ordered

SEAL Team 6 to murder arrival, would that be considered an official act covered by immunity?

This listener is curious how this Supreme Court decision would impact an act by a

president along those lines. Well, let me spell out what I think is the court's rule of decision

in this case and say how that hypothetical would come out under it. What the court said is that presidents are immune from the

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