| | '''Robert Houghwout Jackson''' was an Associate Justice of the [[United States Supreme Court]] from 1941–1954, appointed by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. Jackson previously served as General Counsel for the [[U.S. Treasury Department]], U.S. Solicitor General, and Attorney General. Jackson was born in Spring Creek Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1892, and raised in Frewsburg, New York. | | '''Robert Houghwout Jackson''' was an Associate Justice of the [[United States Supreme Court]] from 1941–1954, appointed by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. Jackson previously served as General Counsel for the [[U.S. Treasury Department]], U.S. Solicitor General, and Attorney General. Jackson was born in Spring Creek Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1892, and raised in Frewsburg, New York. |
| − | Justice Robert Jackson was perhaps the finest Supreme Court jurist of the 20th century, despite having never attended college or having a law degree. He was widely known to be a brilliant, [[conservative]] judge. In all of the big cases of his era -- ''Korematsu'', ''Youngstown Steel'', and ''Barnette'' -- Jackson's position was subsequently proven to be the best one. | + | Justice Robert Jackson was perhaps the finest Supreme Court jurist of the 20th century, despite having never attended college or having a law degree. He was widely known to be a brilliant, [[conservative]] judge. In all of the big cases of his era -- ''Korematsu'', ''Youngstown Steel'', and ''Barnette'' -- Jackson's position was subsequently proven to be the best one. In ''Skinner v. Oklahoma'', 316 U.S. 535, 546 (1942), Justice Jackson stated in concurrence (in a much-needed rejection of the pro-eugenics decision of ''[[Buck v. Bell]]''): “There are limits to the extent to which a legislatively represented majority may conduct biological experiments at the expense of the dignity and personality and natural powers of a minority ....” |
| | Many of the most-quoted statements in the history of the Supreme Court were made by Justice Jackson, such as: | | Many of the most-quoted statements in the history of the Supreme Court were made by Justice Jackson, such as: |