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A new movie about Nazi leader Hermann Göring’s war-crimes trial will shine a spotlight on the Nuremberg service of legendary Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson—and, in doing so, on the Supreme Court’s calamitous presidential immunity decision last year.

The movie Nuremberg will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 7, with Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon playing Jackson. Jackson served as chief U.S. prosecutor at Nuremberg for the trial of Göring and other Nazis. He spearheaded a historic vindication of the rule of law in response to horrendous atrocities.

Appreciating Jackson’s role at Nuremberg highlights an important and underappreciat

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