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This justice dissented that it would only be due process to indefinitely confine an immigrant on Ellis Island if “he were an amphibian” in a case that strengthened Congress’s “plenary power” of exclusion. This dissenter in Mezei (“meh-ZAY”) theorized a “zone of twilight” in which the president (10[1])and Congress (10[1])“may have concurrent (10[1])authority” as part of a three-pronged test of executive power in an influential concurrence in Youngstown Sheet (10[1])& Tube (10[1])Company. This justice promised “undeniable proofs of incredible events” in an opening statement of a trial convened in accordance with the London Charter. This justice (10[1])wrote that racism (10[2])“lies about like a loaded weapon” in his dissent against upholding Executive Order 9066. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this (-5[1])Supreme Court justice who authored the dissent in Korematsu (-5[1])and (-5[1])led the American prosecution (-5[1])at the Nuremberg trials. (10[2])■END■ (10[2]0[13])

ANSWER: Robert H. Jackson [or Robert Houghwout Jackson]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matthew LehmannWUSTL ATexas4510
Michal GerasimiukStanfordChicago A4710
Sarod NoriCornell BVanderbilt5010
Cooper RohColumbia AIndiana6710
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AMaryland6910
Joseph ChambersVirginiaClaremont Colleges9410
Jason HongBrownMichigan9710
Henry CafaroChicago BNorth Carolina A9710
Liam StarnesChicago CChicago D111-5
Matthew SiffYale ANorthwestern116-5
Quentin MotGeorgia TechJohns Hopkins125-5
Sky LiToronto AIllinois126-5
Jake GreerHarvardSouth Carolina130-5
Lexi TermanRutgersArizona State13410
Guy IndoranteIowa StateNYU13410
Raymond WangCornell APurdue1350
Quynh PhungPurdueCornell A1350
Justin ZhangDukeFlorida1350
Graham CopeFloridaDuke1350
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsGeorgia Tech1350
Robert FreemanSouth CarolinaHarvard1350
Justin WytmarIllinoisToronto A1350
Nicholas TunksMinnesota BKentucky1350
Andrew KelleyKentuckyMinnesota B1350
Graham TroyNorth Carolina BTruman State13510
Nikhil ChellamNorthwesternYale A1350
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto BOttawa1350
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawaToronto B1350
Neal JoshiWUSTL BPenn1350
John John GrogerColumbia BYale B13510