Justice at Home

It is to the credit of the judges and lawyers of western Europe that they seem universally to recognize that, if ever peace is to come in their lands, undiscriminating and vengeful executive action must give way to fair trials even for their hated oppressors.

-Robert H. Jackson, Justice Jackson Weighs Nuremberg Lessons

Welcome to Justice at Home, a special edition newsletter from the Robert H. Jackson Center that hits your inbox every three weeks with updates on our virtual programming, lesson plans and lectures, and interesting finds from our digital archives. 

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A 4PM EDT Tea Time with the Jackson Center with Nadine Smith

Our 2021 programming theme is The Work Left to Do, and within that theme we explore a different focus each month. In the first Tea of the month, we look at a topic from a broader perspective to understand the universal and legal challenges. For the second Tea of the month, we speak with those doing the work to educate and/or advance change so we can understand the continuing challenges and how we contribute to change in our own communities. For the month of May, our programming addresses equity gaps facing LGBTQ+ individuals. In June, our programming will look at education equity issues.

Our May 27 Tea features a conversation with Nadine Smith, co-founder and CEO of Equality Florida, the largest civil rights organization dedicated to securing full equality for Florida's lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and queer community. Please note the later start time of this Tea Time program, which will begin at 4:00 pm EDT.

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Coming Up at the Jackson Center

Thursday, May 27 at 4pm EST: Tea Time with the Jackson Center (Note the time change.)

Monday, May 31: Closed for Memorial Day

Saturday, June 5: Summer Saturday Tours

Beginning Saturday, June 5th through Labor Day weekend, a Jackson Center staff member will be available every Saturday from 10am-2pm for guided tours! Masks and social distancing are required, and we encourage you to call 716-483-6646 to schedule your tour in advance. Visiting the Center is free, but donations are gratefully accepted. 

Thursday, June 10: Give Big Chq

You can make a difference! Join us virtually on June 10 between 7:16 am and 7:16 pm for Give Big CHQ. We need your help to reach our 2021 goal of $10,000. Our theme, "Discover Jackson, Discover You," invites you to learn more about Jackson's extraordinary life and work to discover how you identify with his character and goals. You can support us by donating on June 10 via our Give Big Chq donation page: givebigchq.org/organizations/rhjc.

Thursday, June 10 at 3pm EST: Tea Time with the Jackson Center: David Sciarra, Education Law Center

Our June 10 Tea Guest is David Sciarra, Executive Director of the Education Law Center (ELC). ELC “ promotes educational equity through coalition building, litigation support, policy development, communications, and action-focused research in New Jersey, in other states, and at the federal level.”

Thursday, June 24 at 3pm EST: Tea Time with the Jackson Center: Raymond C. Pierce, Southern Education Foundation

Our June 24 Tea Guest is Raymond C. Pierce, President and CEO of the Southern Education Foundation (SEF.)  SEF is a nonprofit organization "committed to advancing equitable education policies and practices that elevate learning for low-income students and students of color in the southern states."

Thursday, June 24 at 7pm EST: Osprey and the Law at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History

Join us for a program in partnership with the Roger Tory Peterson Institute for a panel discussion with legal and environmental experts facilitated by Kristan. The panelists will discuss the impact of environmental regulations of DDT on the osprey population. Keep an eye on our website for more details, including registration information.

From Jackson's Desk

Robert H. Jackson was a gifted orator and writer. Many of his articles and speech transcripts are housed on our website. We feature them in our weekly #TuesdayMotivation and #SundayQuote on the Jackson Center's social media pages. 

On November 27, 1937, Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson addressed the Annual Convention of the Eastern Association of College Deans and Advisors of Men, in an address later entitled "Why A College Education?"

A young [person] should acquire a start-and the independent ability to follow up that start-toward being the kind of an intelligent human being who can survive in whatever set of circumstances the accidents of the world may throw [them]-interested to understand new situations as they arise-unafraid to acknowledge unavoidable new facts-unperturbably resourceful in making the best of what comes to [their] hand. 

Read the entire article on our website here.

From the Jackson Center archives: President Truman and Robert H. Jackson.

This Month in Jackson History

June 6, 1945: Robert H. Jackson’s report to President Harry S. Truman was submitted June 6, 1945, and released to the public June 7, 1945. The report summarized his first month of work as the Chief of Counsel for the soon to be formed international Military Tribunal. For more, check out this June 2020 Tea Time with the Jackson Center with John Q. Barrett, Jackson biographer, St. John's University of Law Professor, and Elizabeth S. Lenna Fellow and board member at the Robert H. Jackson Center.

June 9, 1929: Jackson and his son William were confirmed at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Jamestown, NY, where Irene attended services. Jackson was not a religious man. In an essay entitled "Faith of My Fathers," he wrote:

...I was reared in an atmosphere of perfect respect for the religious views of others—or at least the respect for the personal right to have any religion one preferred. While of little faith ourselves, I never knew any of them [i.e., my family members] to try to arouse doubts in the minds of another or to unsettle his faith.

You can read the entirety of the essay, with remarks by John Q. Barrett, here.

June 12, 1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Attorney General Jackson to become an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Make the World a More Jacksonian Place

Your support to the Jackson Center enables us to continue to promote justice for all - an objective you can see in Jackson's life, work, and legacy. Explore contemporary issues through a Jacksonian lens with us and discover ‘the Jackson’ in you.

Click the video above to learn how the Jackson Center's work impacts the world, and make a make a difference with a donation here to our Give Big Chq campaign on June 10. Can't wait that long? Click the button below to donate safely and securely through our website. Thank you for partnering with us in the work left to do.