{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6961268923ce58f14615840d/696127243a409cca49e37f8c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Bad is the Trump Immunity Ruling?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6961268923ce58f14615840d/3e98ee1014ed5b59419dc540190001cc.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>The Supreme Court has ruled that presidents enjoy “substantial immunity” from prosecution for crimes committed while in office, which includes <em>absolute</em> immunity for “core constitutional duties” and “presumptive immunity” for “official acts.” </p><p><br></p><p>All good news for one Donald J. Trump. How bad is it for the rest of us? </p><p><br></p><p>Guest: <a href=\"https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/richard-l-hasen\">Richard Hasen</a>, law professor at UCLA and director of UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project.</p><p><br></p><p>Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at<a href=\"http://slate.com/whatnextplus\"> slate.com/whatnextplus</a> to get access wherever you listen.</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther.</p><p> </p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}