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May 9, 2020 at 10:00am

Battle of the Books

On Saturday, May 9, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., the Robert H. Jackson Center will host its first-ever Battle of the Books.  Our battle invites any Chautauqua County students in the sixth through eighth grades to demonstrate their abilities and test their knowledge of a pre-selected list of books they have read in preparation for the battle.  Student teams earn points by answering questions about the books on the list. At the end of six rounds of questioning, we total the points earned by each team and the team with the most points will win the battle!

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Robert H. Jackson Center Newsletters

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Justice Jackson and the Application of Universal Ethics

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15th Annual Young Readers Winning Essays

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: Leading with Integrity & Innovation-A Tribute to Stan Lundine

This exhibit pays tribute to Stan Nelson Lundine and celebrates his political career nearly 50 years after it began.

Featured Lesson Plan

Justice Jackson and the Application of Universal Ethics

How do we truly know if something is moral?  Designed for the International Baccalaureate student and teacher, this unit is designed to offer students a detailed case study on how Robert H. Jackson led the allied efforts to apply a universal concept of ethical justice to Nazi officials captured at the end of World War II vis a vis the Nuremberg Tribunal.  Students will also consider the efficacy in developing UN International Tribunals and the International Criminal Courts.

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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.  ...

This Day in Nuremberg

Kaltenbruner’s Plea

On the 16th day of the Trial, Dec. 10, 1945, the Defendant Ernst Kaltenbruner was brought into the dock for the first time. He had been confined in a nearby Army hospital with a circulatory illness. He was the deputy to Reichsfuehrer Heinrich Himmler. He plead not guily and said "I do not believe i have made myself guilty". He was followed by Sidney Alderman, Counsel to the American Delegation, who presented the case on Collaboration with Italy and Japan and the Case on Aggressive War against the United States. 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