Today on Legalese we will be talking about that one time Thomas Jefferson acted like a true tyrant and Chief Justice John Marshall acted as a true hero in the cause of individual liberty and due process… This is the trial of Aaron Burr… and if you think you know what crime he was being charged with, your may be surprised.
Now it was today, May 22nd in 1807 that Aaron Burr was charged with high treason and would go on trial for his life. This case was of fundamental significance to questions of governmental power and individual rights in America. The case is known as the United States v Aaron Burr.
The trial of Aaron Burr turned on the vital question, to what extent can the judicial process and to what extent will it protect an individual who is prosecuted by his own government?
Or, putting in more plainly who is supreme, the will of the government or the law?
UNITED STATES v. BURR (1807) [Case No. 14,693f.]
UNITED STATES V. BURR CASE BRIEF
Ex Parte Bollman and Ex Parte Swartwout, 8 U.S. 75 (1807)
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what a great show. I like the concept - Today in Founders History.
I for one, learned a lot. Never had heard the "rest of the story..." (as Paul Harvey used to say)