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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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