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Summary Of The Trial Of Aaron Burr
In the film, “The Trial of Aaron Burr:Part I” parts of the goverenment were questioned. To start off, the Authority of the Judical Branch. Towards the end of the trial, Hay, questionned the authority of the court. He stated that he was not in denial about Burrs right to request a witness, however, he was questioning the courts authority of the writ that has been requested. After a short brawl, Wickham was asked the question of weither the court has the authority to subpeona the president. He spoke and expressed that the president is not excempt from the laws.
The authority of the President was questionned throughout this video. The first example was Mr. Hay, He had personally thought the president was pushing exceessively pushing for Burr to

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