Burr held a 49 percent to 29 percent margin over Marshall in a National Research Inc. poll of 600 likely voters released Monday by the institute. About 17 percent of those surveyed were undecided ...

Marshall ruled that because Burr had not committed an act of war, he could not be found guilty. Marshall cited Article III of the Constitution that defined treason: “Treason against the United States, ...

And Marshall took no further action to obtain the complete document. Marshall may have asserted the judicial process against the president, but he did nothing when that assertion was ignored. It is ...

Burr holds a 21-point lead among male voters, while Marshall's lead among female voters is 3 percent, according to the poll. He also has commanding leads among voters under age 35, whites and ...

Marshall: I would respond to that by saying there is ample evidence that it is biological and Senator Burr obviously believes its by choice. That is wrong headed and discriminatory.

Reporter : Ken Smith Photographer : Greg Hutchinson Posted 2010-10-21T23:12:26-0400 - Updated 2010-10-21T23:12:26-0400 ...

With all precincts reporting, unofficial results show Burr with nearly 55 percent of the vote to Democrat Elaine Marshall’s 43 percent and Libertarian Michael Beitler’s 2 percent.

Burr was brought to trial in Richmond in a case presided over by Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall. Burr was acquitted and lived a reclusive existence until his death in 1836.

My theme will be, "it must be nice to have John Marshall on your side." (See this post ). To get the Volokh Conspiracy Daily e-mail, please sign up here.