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September 13, 2018

Attica – Legal Perspectives & Legacy

The Robert H. Jackson Center is pleased to announce that it will host its annual fall Community Education Seminar focusing on the Attica Prison riots.

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The Flag Salute Case: West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)

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“If There Is Any Fixed Star,” Jackson on Barnette

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August 12, 2018 at 4:00pm

A Model for Courage: The Life of Charles Goodell

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

Funk II

On Aug. 16, 1946 Dr. Fritz Sauter recalled his client Defendant Walter Funk to the stand to clarify his testimony regarding Oswald Pohl. He admitted that he had discussed with him the deposit of valuables in the Reichsbank. In German, Funk said he knew that the SS had thousands of members who naturally had valuables 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