Featured event

June 20, 2019 at 9:00am

Living Voices: “Through the Eyes of a Friend” and “New American”

On June 20th, 2019, Living Voices: "Through the Eyes of a Friend" and "New American" return to the Jackson Center. Students in grades 3-7 are invited to view the performances at the Center.  Pre-registration is required.

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July 1, 2019 at 4:00pm

15th Annual Robert H. Jackson Lecture on the Supreme Court of the United States

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15th Annual Young Readers Winning Essays

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Robert H. Jackson Center names Kristan McMahon President

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

JACKSON CENTER EVENTS

EXHIBITS AT THE JACKSON CENTER

Current Exhibit: “A Loaded Weapon” – Photographic Perspectives on U.S. Internment Camps Of WW II

“A Loaded Weapon: Photographic Perspectives on the Japanese American Internment Camps of World War II."  This exhibit is part of the Jackson Center’s ongoing series of rotating exhibits exploring current events and challenges through the lens of Justice Jackson’s life and work.

Featured Lesson Plan

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

Speer I

On June 19, 1946, Defendant Albert Speer, Reich Minister for Armaments and War Production, was called to the stand by his counsel, Dr. Flaechsner. Speer had been a close friend and confidant to hItler since 1934. Under direct examination, Speer denied responsibility for recruiting manpower saying "neither I nor my Ministry was responsible for this recruitment. He said that his Ministry collected the demands for labor from industries subordinate to it without specification as to whether the laborers be German, foreign workers, or prisoners of war." Justice Robert H Jackson conducted the first and by far the longest cross-examinations of Speer Read More

The task of this Court to maintain a balance between liberty and authority is never done, because new conditions today upset the equilibriums of yesterday. The see-saw between freedom and power makes up most of the history of governments, which, as Bryce points out, on a long view consists of repeating a painful cycle from anarchy to tyranny and back again. The Court's day-to-day task is to reject as false, claims in the name of civil liberty which, if granted, would paralyze or impair authority to defend existence in our society, and to reject as false claims in the name of security which would undermine our freedoms and open the way to oppression. There are the competing considerations involved in judging any measures which government may take to suppress or disadvantage its opponents and critics.

American Communications Association v. Douds, 339 U.S. 382 (1950) at 445