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November 6, 2018 at 6:00pm

The Long Road Home: A Veteran’s Tale

The Jackson Center will host "The Long Road Home: A Veteran's Tale" as part of the Center's "Defenders of Freedom Project" on Nov. 6, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.

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November 8, 2018 at 5:00pm

Josiah Dubois, Jr.: Nuremberg Prosecutor and Statesmen

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November 3, 2018 at 11:00am

Welcome Home Veterans

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“An Existing and Indestructible Reality”? Justice Robert H. Jackson’s Thoughts on International Law and a Legal Case Study on the 100th Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

The Robert H. Jackson Center envisions a global society where the universal principles of equality, fairness and justice prevail.

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A Model for Courage: The Life of Charles Goodell

A Model for Courage: The Life of Charles Goodell explores the life of the Jamestown-born politician who ascended to the U.S. Senate in a time of crisis only to lose his seat for standing up for what was right.

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Checks & Balances- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer

Two 40 minute lessons for Grade 11: United States History and Government classes including references to the DVD, Liberty Under Law, The Robert H. Jackson Story, websites, and student readings.

 

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Justice at Nuremberg

Four 40-minute lessons for Grade 11: United States History and Government classes complete with websites, handouts and suggested video clips from the DVD, Liberty Under Law: The Robert H. Jackson Story....

This Day in Nuremberg

The Indictment

On October 18, 1945, the indictment against 24 leading Nazi war criminals was presented at the first public session of the International Military Tribunal. The Indictment was read again on the first day of the trial, November 20, 1945. Read More

If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein. If there are any circumstances which permit an exception, they do not now occur to us.

West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943) at 642