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And when he turned his attention to entrepreneurial activities on the frontier he was suspected of empire building - and worse.Burr was finally arrested as a threat to national security, under suspicion of fomenting insurrection against the young republic, and then held without bail for months. His trial, witnessing the unfortunate intrusion of partisan politics and personal animosity into the legal process, revolved around a highly contentious debate over the constitutional meaning of treason.In the first book dedicated to this important case, Peter Charles Hoer unveils a cast of characters ensnared by politics and law at the highest levels of government, including President Thomas Jeerson - one of Burr s bitterest enemies - and Chief Justice John Marshall, no fan of either Burr or Jeerson. Hoer recounts how Jeerson s prosecutors argued that the mere act of discussing an overt Act of War - the constitution s definition of treason - was tantamount to committing the act. Marshall, however, ruled that without the overt act, no treasonable action had occurred and neither discussion nor conspiracy could be prosecuted. Subsequent attempts to convict Burr on violations of the Neutrality Act failed as well.A fascinating excursion into the early American past, Hoer s narrative makes it clear why the high court s ultimate finding was so foundational that it has been cited as precedent 383 times. Along the way, Hoffer expertly unravels the tale s major themes: attempts to redefine treason in times of crisis, efforts to bend the law to political... Read The Treason Trials of Aaron Burr (Paperback) Online Download PDF The Treason Trials of Aaron Burr (Paperback) JOFVUHIMS4GP » PDF > The Treason Trials of Aaron Burr (Paperback) You May Also Like My Life as an Experiment: One Man s Humble Quest to Improve Himself by Living as a Woman, Becoming George Washington, Telling No Lies, and Other Radical Tests SIMON SCHUSTER, United States, 2010. Paperback. 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