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The Aaron Burr Conspiracy Trial

Lecture no. 8 from the course: The Great Trials of World History and the Lessons They Teach Us

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Taught by Professor Douglas O. Linder | 31 min | Categories: History

In great trials, can politics and justice ever be kept entirely separate? Explore this question by considering the conspiracy trial of Aaron Burr. This case, presided over by Chief Justice John Marshall, set the precedent that no one in the United States-even the president-is above the law....