Fred Korematsu didn't think Japanese Americans should get sent to camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Korematsu V. the United States, took place in 1944 for imprisonment of Japanese Americans, after the attack on pearl harbor. The supreme court went against Korematsu in a 6:3 ruling.
President Roosevelt issued Executive Order No. 9066, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Fred Korematsu got arrested for refusing to go to concentration camps and breaking a military code. A concentration camp is a place where people are imprisoned not for any crimes they have committed, but because of who they are, and their race. All Japanese Americans were sent to relocation centers, and Fred didn't think he should be punished for the bombing, when he had nothing to do with it. Fred had never been to Japan and didn't know how to read, write, or speak Japanese. After Fred was arrested he was visited in jail and asked if he wanted to take his case to supreme court. Of course, he went to the supreme court to fight for his & other Japanese Americans rights. Korematsu and his family got sent to …show more content…
Jackson was one of the three descenders. He claimed the military order was racist. The government was trying to discipline someone for being born Japanese, Jackson said. He believed that since he was born on the soil of America he should have all the same rights as any other American. Murphy was also a descenders and he claims that the court only put into perspective that he was Japanese and that the “law doesn't count for different ethnicities.” Frankfuther was one of the 6 concurring. ” According to my reading of Civilian Exclusion Order No. 34, it was an offense for Korematsu to be found in Military Area No. 1, the territory where he was previously living, except within the bounds of the established Assembly Center of that area.” Frankfurther claimed it was good of the courts to take into consideration that it was “war
President Roosevelt issued Executive Order No. 9066, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Fred Korematsu got arrested for refusing to go to concentration camps and breaking a military code. A concentration camp is a place where people are imprisoned not for any crimes they have committed, but because of who they are, and their race. All Japanese Americans were sent to relocation centers, and Fred didn't think he should be punished for the bombing, when he had nothing to do with it. Fred had never been to Japan and didn't know how to read, write, or speak Japanese. After Fred was arrested he was visited in jail and asked if he wanted to take his case to supreme court. Of course, he went to the supreme court to fight for his & other Japanese Americans rights. Korematsu and his family got sent to …show more content…
Jackson was one of the three descenders. He claimed the military order was racist. The government was trying to discipline someone for being born Japanese, Jackson said. He believed that since he was born on the soil of America he should have all the same rights as any other American. Murphy was also a descenders and he claims that the court only put into perspective that he was Japanese and that the “law doesn't count for different ethnicities.” Frankfuther was one of the 6 concurring. ” According to my reading of Civilian Exclusion Order No. 34, it was an offense for Korematsu to be found in Military Area No. 1, the territory where he was previously living, except within the bounds of the established Assembly Center of that area.” Frankfurther claimed it was good of the courts to take into consideration that it was “war