Given the logic of the Supreme Court ruling, anybody that had Iraqi or Afghanistan heritage, culture, or race, would be banned from certain cities or states in our country merely because of some biological trait in which they have no control of. Also, in the case of Isis, anybody who is associated with the religion of Muslims would also be detained and/or banned from our country, for so-called security measures. Both of these hypothetical scenarios would be considered racist, ethnocentric, and immoral. Thus, in the present day, we do not see the United States Supreme Court even entertaining the idea of doing that. It is indeed a fact that this court ruling did happen over 70 years ago. We do know that the laws, cultural beliefs, and common knowledge at the time was very different then than what it is today in the present. Nevertheless, we could not ignore this court ruling, because it affected many Japanese people who were absolutely irrelevant to the Japanese and United States issues in the past. Even though this court ruling was decades ago, we must look at it as an example of a Supreme Court mistake. Their approach could have been a lot …show more content…
The United States Supreme Court destroyed the lives of many innocent Japanese men and women, friend and family, and others along the community in the mid-1940s. We know that this effect did also affect American citizens. Suppose these Japanese residents owned shops, businesses, or retail stores. All of sudden those shops, businesses, or retail stores closed down without notice. It is possible that this happen, and directly affected the consumers.
There are many approaches and arguments that could be presented towards the Korematsu v. United States case of 1944. I do believe, however, that the US Supreme Court ruling was harsh, unfair, and unethical. I believe that if we compare the US Supreme Court of the 1940s to the Supreme Court of the present, we can surely see some progress. But as the Citizens United Case ruling mistake in recent years, we know that the US Supreme Court is not a perfect entity, and that they are subject to