According to Presidential Executive Order 9066, which was issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, the Supreme Court ruled by a margin of 6 to 3 that the federal government had the power to detain and intern Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu.
Who was involved in Korematsu v. United States?
Fred Korematsu, a San Leandro resident who is Japanese-American, choose not to comply with the directive to leave his home. After being detained, Korematsu was found guilty of disobeying the ruling. In response, he claimed that Executive Order 9066 was unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment.
What was the significance of the Korematsu case?
The Supreme Court has only ever affirmed a restriction on civil freedoms once in the history of the Court, in the Korematsu case, by using a rigorous standard for potential racial discrimination.
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