1807, United States vs. Aaron Burr

"Dramatizes the Supreme Court trial of Aaron Burr and highlights the legal issues involved. This confrontation produced a precedent for limiting executive privilege, established the right of unpopular defendants to a fair trial, and upheld the constitutional definition of treason."@en
"Presents a dramatization of the landmark Supreme Court decision in the United States vs.Aaron Burr which answered question, who is supreme, the will of the government or the law?"
"Presents a dramatization of the Supreme Court trial of Aaron Burr for treason and highlights the legal issues involved."@en
"Dramatization of the Supreme Court trial of Aaron Burr for treason in 1807."
"The only case in this series not decided by the Supreme Court, this John Marshall decision was handed down in Federal Circuit Court in Richmond, Virginia, in 1807. Once again, it placed the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in direct opposition to President Thomas Jefferson. Former Vice President Aaron Burr was being tried for treason; although the evidence against Burr was tenuous, Jefferson, in an address to Congress, had declared him guilty. The three-way struggle between Marshall, Jefferson, and Burr produced dramatic results: a precedent was set for limiting executive privilege; the right of unpopular defendants to a fair trial was established; the constitutional definition of treason was upheld; and Chief Justice Marshall was hanged in effigy."