Legal News for Mon 9/29 - SCOTUS Lets Trump Gut Foreign Aid, TX Moves to Drop ABA, Trump's Formal Bid to End Birthright Citizenship
This Day in Legal History: John André Convicted
On September 29, 1780, Major John André of the British Army was convicted by a Continental Army court martial for his role in a conspiracy with American General Benedict Arnold. André had been captured behind American lines near Tarrytown, New York, carrying incriminating documents that detailed Arnold’s treasonous plan to surrender the key American fort at West Point to the British. Disguised in civilian clothes and using a false passport, André was found to be operating as a spy rather than a conventional enemy officer.
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