A Constitutional Showdown: The Cambridge Book Club presents The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr

The treason trial of Aaron Burr was not only one of the greatest criminal trials in American history, where some of the best lawyers in the nation argued about the constitutional rights of criminal defendants and the constitutional meaning of treason. Thanks to national newspaper coverage, the trial turned into a “mind-jostling” debate over the nature of the young republic with Jefferson, Marshall, and Burr representing the contending options.