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WORLD WAR II

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Use the statement below to answer the question.“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, decision of Korematsu v. United States (1944)
A
Individual rights can be restricted if a “clear and present danger” exists.
B
Only the Supreme Court can legally deprive citizens of rights and liberties.
C
Individual rights must be maintained at all costs, even in national emergencies.
D
The Supreme Court lacks the power to block executive orders made during wartime.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Supreme Court Ruling 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: -United States, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, on December 18, 1944, upheld (6–3) the conviction of Fred Korematsu-a son of Japanese immigrants who was born in Oakland, California-for having violated an exclusion order requiring him to submit to forced relocation during World War II.

Detailed explanation-4: -When the Army forced Japanese Americans into concentration camps during WWII, Fred Korematsu refused to comply with the orders. He was arrested and held in the Presidio Stockade until being sent to the camps. Fred Korematsu fought his conviction and internment with his case making it to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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