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10 April, 11:31

Facts of the case

In response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II, the US government

decided to require Jepanese Americans to move into relocation camps as a matter of national

security President Panklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 in February 1942, two months

afer Pearl Harbor AJapanese American man living in San Leandro, Fred Korematsu, chose to

stay at his residence rather than obey the order to relocate Korematsu was arrested and

convicted of labing the order. He responded by arguing that Executive Order 9066 vielated the

F Amendment The Ninth Orcuit affirmed Korematsu's conviction.

Question: Did the President and Congress go beyond their war powers by implementing exclusion and

restricting the rights of Americans of Japanese descent?

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  1. 10 April, 11:44
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    I believe that someone could argue xenophobia in that case. Because not all people of a nation are going to be bad or want revenge, I think that since he was a decedent that he shouldn't have been penalized Because he never made a threat or showed any signs of danger to anyone.
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