Korematsu v. United States

the United States was apart of the Allies because Americans fell victim to warcrimes committed by Germany and Japan while assiting the countries at war. The U.S. provided many necessities like food, war goods, and money for the war stricken countries. The bombing of Pearl Harbor caused the U.S. to enter World War II declaring war on Japan. A secret military operation built a nuclear bomb that allowed the U.S. to raise itself to superstatus once it was used to weaken Japan. The United States…

Japanese government launched a sneak attack on United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. As a result of this attack, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan the very next day which caused the life of over 100,000 Japanese to alter in the United States. FDR’s Executive Order of 9066 led to the immediate evacuation of all people of Japanese descents into internment camps and forced them to live in the most isolated parts of United States. The aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor…

Supreme Court was set up to do. The Supreme Court is the most powerful court in the United States. The Supreme Court Justices are appointed by the president. There are no qualification clauses for the Supreme Court and they have lifetime appointments. The Constitution of the United States says, "The [Supreme Court] shall extend to all cases, in law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Law of the United States, and Treaties made.." (Art. III, Sec. 2). The supreme court, set up by the…

University in which 44% of the Americans surveyed were in favor of the United States government registering muslim whereabouts, profiling muslims, monitoring mosques, and infiltrating Muslim organizations. This is eerily close to what happened to the Japanese back in the 1940s. Today, many non-Muslim Americans are starting to question the loyalty of Muslim Americans due to the growing power and influence of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; more commonly known as ISIS. According to Daniel…

The executive branch is part of a three branch system that is put in place to preserve the separation of powers. The executive branch is vested in the president of the United States. When Congress enacts laws, the president is in charge of and responsible for the implementation and the enforcement of those law. This branch in particular is the overseer and executes/enforces the law. the president is the head of the government and Commander in Chief. The power if the commander in chief is…

It does not matter what country we live; we always concern about how much power the president and the government are holding, especially in some democracy countries, such as the United States of America. In American Democracy in Peril, Hudson’s main argument regarding chapter one Separation of Powers, is American current system of government is inefficient, unaccountable, and unresponsive, and he suggests that a Parliamentary system is adopted in order to solve Pandora’s Box as government and…

The United States Supreme Court has been a topic of controversy on several cases, during the last several decades in our country. If we look back in time, history shows us that the US Supreme Court has made several big mistakes in the ways they handled several federal court rulings. In the year 1944, just briefly after the battles and war between the United States and Japan, the Supreme Court ruled a law that would be considered immoral, and racial profiling in the present time. The Korematsu…

The most famous court case to arise and question the constitutionality of the internment camps were the trial of Korematsu v. United States. Korematsu defying the evacuation order to stay with his Italian girlfriend was arrested as a felon. He challenged his arrest by appealing the case to the Supreme Court argued that the Executive Order 9066 was a violation of the fourteenth amendment, guarantee of equal protection, and the fifth amendment, the right of due process. However, it was ruled…

The Japanese Americans of the early twentieth century faced hardships in the United States from racial tensions; Americans from European-descent grew angry from the success of Japanese laborers, farmers and businessmen. This widespread hatred for the Japanese was supported with articles from newspapers and the popular radio shows of the time. Prior to entering World War II, the US government developed a list of threatening resident aliens with ties to the Axis powers. With the attack on Pearl…

constitution of the United States. The legislative branch consists of the congress and their duties consist of enacting legislation, confirming or rejecting presidential appointments (vetoes), and finally they have authority to declare war on another country. The congress ins formed by two different sub-branches, the House of Representatives and the Senate. The difference between these sub sections is the number of appointed seats. The Senate only has two appointed representatives per state…