Korematsu V. United States Case Study

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The landmark Supreme Court case I want to talk about is Korematsu v. United States (1944). The case was decision from government ordered Japanese American into internment camp during World War II following Executive Order 9066. However, Korematsu refused going to the camps because he argued the order violating to 15th Amendment, so he was arrested and convicted the District Court. After the war, he continued to appeal to the United States Supreme Court to request his justice. As a result, Congress enacted the Japanese American Evacuation Claims Act of 1948 to provide some money to compensate to Japanese Americans who lost their homes or businesses during the internment. Ultimately, in 1983, Korematsu succeeded in his case. A federal judge in

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