USA HISTORY

“Korematsu was not excluded from the military area because of hostility to him or his race. He was excluded because we are at war with the Japanese Empire, because the . . . authorities feared an invasion of our West Coast and felt constrained to take proper security measures.”-Justice Hugo Black in Korematsu v. United States, 1944Which generalization is supported by this quotation?

(A) Individual rights need to be maintained in national emergencies

(B) The Supreme Court lacks the power to block presidential actions taken during wartime

(C) ** Individual rights can be restricted under certain circumstances

(D) Only the Supreme Court can alter the constitutional rights of American citizens

Concept note-1: -Korematsu was arrested and convicted of violating the order. He responded by arguing that Executive Order 9066 violated the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution because habeas corpus had not been suspended, and his right to libery was being infringed by military action without due process of law.

Concept note-2: -United States (1944) | PBS. In Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court held that the wartime internment of American citizens of Japanese descent was constitutional.