What Aaron Burr and Jefferson Davis Tell Us About the Trump Indictments
In a strange reversal, it was Marshall, a Federalist, who argued for an extremely tight and restrictive interpretation of treason, whereas Jeffersonian Republicans effectively demanded Burr’s head on a pike and were happy to apply a broader standard. Years earlier, it had been the Jeffersonians…
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