Equal Justice Under Law: 1807 -- United States V. Aaron Burr: Wqed (Television Station: Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Creator: WQED (Television station: Pittsburgh Pa.) National Audiovisual Center

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Produced by WQED, Pittsburgh; A dramatizion of a landmark case heard by the Supreme Court of Chief Justice John Marshall: Should the president have to appear in court when a judge requires him to be a witness? Is an accused traitor entitled to all constitutionally guaranteed fair trial rights? Marshall stepped between Burr and death, closing the doors against government abuse of the treason charge and limiting executive privilege

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