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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

Forced Labor

The use of slave labor by Nazi Germany, its operation of the concentration camps , and its persecution and extermination of the Jews and Gypsies produced more tragedy for more people than any other Nazi behavior except aggressive wars. Thomas Dodd, American Trial counsel presented the case entitled "The Exploitation of Forced Labor". Dodd's presentation dealt in great detail with the activities of the Defendant Fritz Sauckel, Plenipotentiary General for Manpower, and of the Defendant Albert Speer, Reich Minister of Armaments and Munitions. Read More

The very purpose of the Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One's right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.

West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943) at 638