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Jackson's leading opinions include his often-quoted requirement of proof of criminal intent as an essential element of a criminal prosecution
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Former Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]] once served as Jackson's clerk, and current Chief Justice [[John Roberts]] quoted several of Jackson's opinions extensively in his confirmation hearings.
 
Former Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]] once served as Jackson's clerk, and current Chief Justice [[John Roberts]] quoted several of Jackson's opinions extensively in his confirmation hearings.
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Jackson's leading opinions include his often-quoted requirement of proof of criminal intent as an essential element of a criminal prosecution:<ref>''Morissette v. United States'', 342 U.S. 246, 250 (1952).</ref>
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:The contention that an injury can amount to a crime only when inflicted by intention is no provincial or transient notion.  It is as universal and persistent in mature systems of law as belief in freedom of the human will and a consequent ability and duty of the normal individual to choose between good and evil.
    
Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]], who had clerked for a year and a half (from February 1952 to June 1953) for Justice Jackson, praised him as follows in a speech in 2003:
 
Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]], who had clerked for a year and a half (from February 1952 to June 1953) for Justice Jackson, praised him as follows in a speech in 2003:
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