Korematsu v. United States

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and consequently, the United Stated entered World War II. Thus, in 1942, FDR issued Executive Order No. 9066 which allowed the Secretary of War to designate military areas. The executive order led to Public Law 503 in which Congress made it a criminal offense to violate military orders under Executive Order No. 9066, therefore, allowing the military to begin excluding anyone of Japanese ancestry in the military areas and forcing them to report to internment camps. Fred Korematsu, a Japanese American

“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” The Japanese planes that were sent on the mission destructively sunk or at least damaged as many ships of the US Navy as possible. This was the start of the long debated Supreme Court Case Korematsu v US. The case had to do with stripping the civil rights away from a certain group of people, in this case, the Japanese

the most powerful court in America. It takes the most controversial and significant cases, and tries to decide what the best outcome for them are. There are nine people who decide this, the Chief Justice of the United States, and eight Associate Justices. The President of the United States appoints the Justices, with help from the Senate. Each Justice can hold office as long as they have good behavior. Justices do not have a limit on how long they can chair for. There are also nine Court Officers

military the ability to remove Japanese citizens from any area that would be crucial to national defense. The petitioner was Fred Korematsu and the respondent is the United States. The issue at hand was Korematsu lived in San Leandro California who was ordered to move to a Japanese internment camp. After refusing to leave San Leandro Korematsu was arrested and convicted. Korematsu claimed the executive order was against the fifth amendment. After bringing the case to the court of appeals he lost and appealed