What Do You Mean By That?

239: Why Should We Care About Presidential Immunity?


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In honor of Presidents' Day coming up next week, we thought we'd focus on president…ial immunity. See what we did there?

With this episode, we're kicking off a new "why should we care about…" series on DWW where we focus on the WHY behind important issues, so that we go into November making the most informed decisions we can about the candidates AND their platforms. We're keeping these relevant, funny, and light - but also impactful in how to understand why we need to care about these issues.

So whether you (a) think you know everything you need to know about presidential immunity or (b) you don't care or (c) who cares anyway because this is about Trump and he's going to be the nominee anyway so what I think doesn't even matter… or option (d), something else - this episode is a must listen. And then please share it with your friends.

What to listen for:

  • The accessible parallel through our fictional fourth grader, Johnny, to show you how presidential immunity might work.

  • The significance of the Fourteenth Amendment, and why it was written – the story of John B. Floyd, slave owner from Virginia who happened to be President James Buchanan's secretary of war.

  • Truth bombs like: "If we have a president who is exempt from prosecution for crimes committed in office, then we have a dictator. We no longer have a president. So if you care about democracy, you need to care about presidential immunity."

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