We envision a global society where the universal principles of equality, fairness, and justice prevail.
For over twenty years, we have honored and promoted the legacy of Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Solicitor General, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, and Chief U.S. Prosecutor of the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg.
The Jackson Center advances the legacy of Justice Robert H. Jackson through education, using a variety of methods including in-person and virtual programs and presentations, exhibits, available media, and scholarship. We demonstrate the contemporary relevance and applicability of Justice Jackson’s ideas and work to current and future generations.
Adapted from American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith currently on display at the Smithsonian Institution, Voices and Votes combines historic election photos, memorabilia, and multimedia interactive displays with material collected from the Chautauqua region for a local perspective on our important role in national democratic systems.
We are asking the public to share short stories about their relationship with democracy in a recording studio set up in the Center’s library. The RHJC is proud of its long tradition of recording oral histories, this represents the first time we are collecting stories from the public at-large. To schedule a time to record your story during the exhibit’s residency, contact a staff member at 716-483-6646, info@roberthjackson.org, or book online.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of Korematsu v. United States a landmark 1944 Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of executive order 9066, ordering Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II. Dr. Karen Korematsu, founder and president of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute and the daughter of the late civil rights icon, will be the featured speaker for Constitution Day observances.
Kate Shaw, was speaker for the 20th Annual Robert H. Jackson Lecture on the Supreme Court of the United States, Monday, July 29, 2024 at Chautauqua Institution.
Professor Shaw is a constitutional, administrative and legislation law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. She previously worked in the Obama White House Counsel’s Office and served as law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
Shaw discussed the majority’s opinion in the Trump v. United States case, which draws heavily on Jackson’s concurring opinion in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co v. Sawyer. However, Shaw argued that the majority’s opinion twisted Jackson’s words to support an unprecedented level of presidential immunity – one that Jackson himself may not have endorsed.
To have a voice, to be a part of something larger than ourselves, it remains incredibly important for each of us to regularly participate in the process at all levels – local, state, and national – to ensure we are creating the just and equitable world in which we want to live.
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The Robert H. Jackson Center is making available and organizing as resources both audio and video recordings of the Nuremberg trial proceedings. This guide, featuring links to those recordings, is organized in chronological order.
The Robert H. Jackson Center (RHJC) is proud to share the Recordings in Progress: Your Voting Story alongside the Smithsonian’s traveling exhibition of Voices and Votes: Democracy in America from September 6 to October 18. The Voices […]
We are asking the public to share short stories about their relationship with democracy in a recording studio set up in the Center’s library. The RHJC is proud of its […]
The Robert H. Jackson Center and George Washington University School of Law present two mock oral arguments featuring leading judges and lawyers: a reenactment of October 1944 U.S. Supreme Court […]
Join us Tuesday, October 15 at 5pm at the Jackson Center to learn how to "Argue More, Argue Better" with Andrew J. Perrin, Ph.D., as we explore the art of […]
Raymond D’Addario was one of a few photographers assigned by the Army Pictorial Service to document the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. On November 21, 1945, senior Nazi officials took their seats in Courtroom 600 in the Palace of Justice. Ray’s photograph of the main defendants sitting in the docket surrounded by U.S. military guards has become the iconic symbol of the trial.
