The Robert
H. Jackson Center hosted the appearance of Jeffrey D. Hockett on Monday, November
1, at the Carl Cappa Auditorium of the Jackson Center.
Hockett is the author of New Deal Justice: The Constitutional Jurisprudence
of Hugo L. Black, Felix Frankfurter, and Robert H. Jackson. The topic of his November 1 speech was “Justice Robert H. Jackson and Executive Power:
Lessons for Post-9/11 America.”
The program was underwritten by Heritage Village Retirement Campus, Jamestown
Community College, Jamestown Savings Bank and Public Abstract.
Dr. Hockett is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University
of Tulsa who received his Doctorate from the Department of Government and
Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia. The recipient of several research
fellowships, Hockett earned a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
for College Teachers and Independent Scholars and an Earhart Foundation Fellowship
Research Grant.
Hockett’s article “Justice Robert H. Jackson and Segregation:
A Study of Limitations and Proper Basis of Judicial Action,” received
a Hughes-Gossett Memorial Award for Excellence in Historical Research from
the Supreme Court Historical Society. The article also was selected for publication
in the 1989 edition of the Yearbook of the Supreme Court Historical Society
and in the Supreme Court Historical Society’s volume printed in 2004
to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.
The author is also the recipient of several teaching awards from the University
of Tulsa. Hockett’s current research focuses on the Supreme Court’s
1954 desegregation ruling, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
His book manuscript, A Storm over this Court: Attitudes, Institutions, and
Brown v. Board of Education, is currently under review.
Hockett has presented numerous conference papers and invited talks throughout
the country including six related specifically to Justice Jackson.
Jackson Center President Gregory L. Peterson who develops programming for
the Center commented that, “Jeffrey Hockett brought a wealth of information
about Jackson to the Carl Cappa Auditorium and we were very excited by the
prospect of enriching our knowledge of Jackson through his appearance.”