The Constitution: The Korematsu Vs. Ferguson Case

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The constitution is described as “a living, breathing document“, to some people. I am one of those people who think that. The Korematsu v. US case is a good example of that. As well as the Plessy v. Ferguson case. Another case is the Abington v. Schempp. The constitution helps for structure so we have something to depend on when something bad happens to us, like our friends.

In the Korematsu v. US, when most people were against him the constitution “stuck up” for him. Him and his ethnicity were punished to confinement. But the constitution said you cannot do that to a person.

Living things can adapt and change, just like the constitution. You can put more laws into it and you can also take some out by amending. The constitution has

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