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The Brian Lehrer Show

'The Rule of Law' and Trump's Indictments

The Brian Lehrer Show

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4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Aziz Huq shares the latest on the Trump federal indictments.

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0:00.0

It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC.

0:13.0

Good morning again, everyone.

0:14.8

Back with us now, University of Chicago law professor, Aziz Huck.

0:19.1

Many of you will remember that Professor Huck was very generous

0:21.9

with his time for us this spring and early summer as a regular guest each time the Supreme

0:27.2

Court handed down a major decision from the end of its term. And boy, were there major decisions

0:33.0

at the end of this last term. Now Professor Huck has a book that is of perennial importance

0:38.9

in the United States, but also very relevant

0:41.2

to the presidential campaign, and also very relevant

0:44.1

to the rest of the world.

0:45.3

It is simply called the rule of law, a very short introduction.

0:49.7

Now, the rule of law, Kamala Harris argues,

0:53.4

is very much an issue between her and Donald Trump.

0:57.6

Do we want to live in a country of freedom?

1:05.4

Compassion and rule of law?

1:09.9

Or a country of chaos fear and hate

1:17.0

Harris at a recent rally and of course not having an insurrection is one way the rule of law

1:25.2

would apply in a democracy but what does the term really mean?

1:28.4

Here and now or anywhere at any time.

1:30.8

The book tells us that even in Aristotle's day,

1:33.8

people use the term but disagreed on its meaning or its virtue.

1:38.0

Aziz Huck joins us now.

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