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The Brian Lehrer Show

Supreme Court Rules on Presidential Immunity Case

The Brian Lehrer Show

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🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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UChicago's Aziz Huq offers legal analysis on immunity for former president Trump.

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0:00.0

It's the Brian Laird Show and WNYc,

0:02.0

welcome,

0:03.0

I'm Bridget Bergen, filling in for

0:15.2

Brian today. As you heard earlier in the show on this final Supreme Court opinion day of the term,

0:22.3

the court weighed in on the question of

0:24.1

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

0:28.8

results of the 2020 election. It was a six- three decision along ideological lines with Chief Justice Roberts, writing the majority opinion.

0:38.0

We're joined again by Aziz-Huck Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School,

0:43.4

and author of the forthcoming The Rule of Law,

0:46.2

a very short introduction.

0:48.2

Hello, is these and welcome.

0:49.6

Thanks for being back on the Bryan Lair show. Thanks for having me, British.

0:54.7

And listeners, as promised, we can take some calls on this decision.

0:59.4

Please call or text with your questions, your

1:02.8

reactions to the ruling in this immunity case,

1:06.6

or any of the other cases, the number is 212,

1:10.3

433 WNYC, that's 212, 433 WNYC that's 212 433 962 and Aziz Huck the court sent this back down to the lower court to re-evaluate the charges against the

1:24.6

former president in light of their guidance on immunity. How much guidance did

1:29.2

they actually set?

1:32.4

I think that they said set.

1:33.7

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

1:40.7

have to apply as new rules of constitutional law.

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