WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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constitutional becauses it was based on militry urgency
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unconstituional because it was based on race
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constitutional, but the government had to pay them for prperty losses
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unconstitutional, and they had to be released at once
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Detailed explanation-1: -Majority: Conviction affirmed. The Supreme Court ruled that the evacuation order violated by Korematsu was valid, and it was not necessary to address the constitutional racial discrimination issues in this case.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Court ruled in a 6 to 3 decision that the federal government had the power to arrest and intern Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu under Presidential Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -What was the Supreme Court’s decision? Ruled 6-3 against Korematsu and upheld that the order was constitutional and legal.
Detailed explanation-5: -The majority found that the Executive Order did not show racial prejudice but rather responded to the strategic imperative of keeping the U.S. and particularly the West Coast (the region nearest Japan) secure from invasion. The Court relied heavily on a 1943 decision, Hirabayashi v.