U.S. Supreme Court,
Immigration,
Constitutional Law,
Civil Rights
Jun. 27, 2018
Korematsu repudiation prompts praise and mixed feelings
Nearly 75 years later, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday withdrew its stamp of approval from President Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Nearly 75 years later, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday withdrew its stamp of approval from President Franklin Roosevelt's internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
The decision, Korematsu v. United States, had long been considered by many to be a black mark on the court's jurisprudence. But its repudiation did not come with a grand rhetorical flourish in the way the court reversed itself in other embarrassing d...
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