Korematsu+v.+United+States

1/1 After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese citizens in the United States were forced into internment camps in order to maintain national security. WHERE DID THIS TAKE PLACE PRIMARILY U.S.-born Japanese-American Toyosaburo Fred Korematsu refused to leave his home in San Leandro, CA and was arrested and convicted for violating Public Law No. 503. WHICH SAID WHAT? TELL ME MORE! 3/5
 * I.** Year: 1944
 * II.** Summary:

Was the removal of Japanese-American citizens into interment camps constitutional? Was it right to remove them without trial? Was the 14th Amendment relevant to the incident? Was Public Law No. 503 constitutional? Was Executive Order 9066 Constitutional? Was the 5th Amendment relevant to the incident? GOOD 5/5
 * III.** Constitutional/Legal Issues:

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in the government's favor stating that national security was more important than the rights of individuals. WHAT WAS BASIS FOR DECISION? TELL ME MORE! 4/5 Majority: Chief Justice Stone along with Associate Justices Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas, and Rutledge Dissent: Associate Justices Roberts, Murphy and Jackson.
 * IV.** Decision or Holding:

Korematsu's conviction for envading internment was overturned on November 10th, 1983 (after WWII) THIS DECISION WAS ALSO OVERTURNED IN A COURT DECISION AT THE END OF WWII CALLED EX PARTE ENDO
 * V.** Note: U.S. PRESIDENT Ronald Ragan GAVE A formal apollogee SPELL to Japaneese detaineese SPELL after WWII, WHEN DID HE GIVE THE APOLOGY? Offered money to families. who were detained ($20,000)

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References: - (1942). Public Law 503. //Internment archives//. Retrieved (2009, November 18) from http://www.internmentarchives.com/showdoc.php?docid=00104&search_id=9609 - (n.d.). //Korematsu v. united states//. Retrieved from http://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1949/1944/1944_22/ -(n.d.). //Korematsu v. united states//. Retrieved from http://www.tourolaw.edu/patch/Korematsu/ -(n.d.). //Toyosaburo korematsu v. united states, 323 u.s. 214 (1944)//. Retrieved from http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=323&invol=214

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21/25 = 84% (C+) YOU HAVE ALL THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS BUT SEEMED TO RUSH THROUGH SOME SECTIONS. YOU NEED TO PROVIDE MORE EXPLANATION AND ANALYSIS AND CUT DOWN ON SPELLING/GRAMMAR MISTAKES.