Case Background DIRECTIONS Read the Case Background and .H\4XHVWLRQ. Then analyze the Documents provided. Finally, answer the .H\4XHVWLRQ in a well-organized essay that incorporates your interpretations of the Documents as well as your own knowledge of history. CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES Equal protection Due process Inalienable rights Tension between liberty and security, especially in times of war, is as old as the republic itself. Should the text of the Constitution be interpreted one way in peacetime and another way in wartime, as suggested for a unanimous &RXUW LQ WKH :RUOG :DU , HUD E\ -XVWLFH 2OLYHU :HQGHOO Holmes in Schenck v. U.S " ´:KHQ D QDWLRQ LV at war, many things that might be said in time of peace are such a hindrance to its effort that their utterance will QRW EH HQGXUHG VR ORQJ DV PHQ ÀJKW DQG WKDW QR &RXUW could regard them as protected by any constitutional ULJKWµ$IWHU-DSDQDWWDFNHG3HDUO+DUERURQ'HFHPEHU WKH 8QLWHG 6WDWHV HQWHUHG :RUOG :DU ,, DQG IDFHG once again the challenge of applying the Constitution’s JXDUDQWHHV LQ WKH FRQWH[W RI ZDUWLPH %DVHG RQ DGYLFH from the military that there was a real threat of Japanese LQYDVLRQ RI WKH ZHVW FRDVW DV ZHOO DV D FUHGLEOH GDQJHU RI-DSDQHVHHVSLRQDJHWKH86JRYHUQPHQWRUGHUHGWKH UHORFDWLRQ DQG GHWHQWLRQ RI -DSDQHVH $PHULFDQV OLYLQJ LQ that region. From April of 1942 until the end of the war LQ 6HSWHPEHU RI SHUVRQV RI -DSDQHVH DQFHVWU\PRVWRIWKHP86FLWL]HQVZHUHGHSULYHGRIWKHLU liberty and held in detention camps far from their former homes. They lost most of the property they had entrusted WRJRYHUQPHQWDXWKRULWLHVEXWKDGQRZD\RIGRFXPHQWLQJ their losses because they only had a few days’ notice to dispose of their property before reporting to assembly FHQWHUVIRUUHORFDWLRQ7KHVXUSULVHDWWDFNRQ3HDUO+DUERU ZDVYHU\UHDODVZDVWKHIHDUHQJHQGHUHGE\LW+RZUHDO was the threat of espionage? THE PRESIDENCY: CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROVERSIES KOREMATSU V. U.S. (1944) )DFHG ZLWK H[WHQVLYH TXHVWLRQLQJ RQ WKLV SRLQW E\ WKH Supreme Court in oral argument, Solicitor General Charles )DK\FRQYLQFHGDPDMRULW\RIWKH-XVWLFHVWKDWWKHGHWHQWLRQ RI-DSDQHVH$PHULFDQVZDVMXVWLÀHGE\´PLOLWDU\QHFHVVLW\µ 177 TEACHING TIPS: KOREMATSU V. U.S. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Students understand the PDMRUHYHQWV related to the internment of Japanese Americans during :RUOG:DU,, Students understand and apply constitutional principles at issue in Korematsu v. U.S.WRHYDOXDWH the Supreme Court’s ruling in that case. ©THE BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE KOREMATSU V. U.S. 178 ACTIVITIES 1. 7RSUHSDUHVWXGHQWVIRUWKLVOHVVRQKDYHWKHPUHDGWKH background essay, Handout A: Korematsu v. U.S., and answer the questions. 2. /HDGVWXGHQWVWRGHYHORSDWLPHOLQHRQWKHERDUGWRVKRZ WKHVLJQLÀFDQWHYHQWVGHVFULEHGLQWKHEDFNJURXQGHVVD\ 3. $VN VWXGHQWV ´,I \RXU IDPLO\ KDG KRXUV WR GLVSRVH of your home, car, and all other property before being IRUFHGWRPRYHLQWRGLVWDQWWHPSRUDU\KRXVLQJZKLFKRI \RXU LQDOLHQDEOH ULJKWV PLJKW EH LQ MHRSDUG\"µ 'LVFXVV Internees lost liberty AND property. Internees were forced to sell their businesses for terrible losses. For example, 5HSUHVHQWDWLYH5REHUW0DWVXLRI&DOLIRUQLDZDVPRQWKV old when his family was interned. His family had just 48 hours to relocate. His father was forced to sell their KRXVH LQ 6DFUDPHQWR IRU DQG VLPSO\ DEDQGRQ KLV small produce business. 4. $VVLJQDSSURSULDWHGRFXPHQWVIRUVWXGHQWDQDO\VLV'LYLGH WKHFODVVLQWRÀYHJURXSV$VVLJQHDFKJURXSWRVWXG\DQG UHSRUWRQGRFXPHQWVDVIROORZVDocuments A, B, C; Documents D, EDocuments F, HDocuments G, IDocuments J, K. Conduct a Moot Court according WRGLUHFWLRQVLQ$SSHQGL[S $IWHU PRRW FRXUW DFWLYLW\ LQ ZKLFK VWXGHQWV KDYH presented oral arguments and determined how they would decide the case, then guide the class to consider Documents L, M, and N. Compare students’ decisions to Supreme Court’s majority and dissenting opinions. 6. Guide the class to read and discuss Document O: Letter from President Bush to Internees (1991). 7. Guide the class to read and discuss additional documents, The Issue Endures and Document P: Duty of Absolute Candor: Katyal Blog Post (2011). 8. :UDSXSE\UHWXUQLQJWRWKHODVWTXHVWLRQDFFRPSDQ\LQJ the Introductory Essay 6KRXOG WKH &RQVWLWXWLRQ·V meaning change during times of crisis? See Appendix for additional Graphic Organizers. EXTENSIONS +DYHVWXGHQWVGLVFXVVWKHIROORZLQJ 7KHODWH6XSUHPH&RXUW&KLHI-XVWLFH:LOOLDP+5HKQTXLVWH[SORUHGWKHZDUWLPHSRZHUVRI JRYHUQPHQWLQKLVERRN All the Laws But One-Civil Liberties in Wartime. He noted the SDWWHUQWKURXJKRXWRXUKLVWRU\WKDWLQWLPHVRIFULVLVWKHJRYHUQPHQW·VSRZHUVDUHPDJQLÀHG regardless of constitutional limits. In his conclusion he wrote, “An entirely separate and important philosophical question is whether occasional presidential excesses and judicial UHVWUDLQWLQZDUWLPHDUHGHVLUDEOHRUXQGHVLUDEOH,QRQHVHQVHWKLVTXHVWLRQLVYHU\ODUJHO\ academic. There is no reason to think that future wartime presidents will act differently IURP/LQFROQ:LOVRQRU5RRVHYHOWRUWKDWIXWXUH-XVWLFHVRIWKH6XSUHPH&RXUWZLOOGHFLGH questions differently than their predecessors.” 8VH Document P: Duty of Absolute Candor: Katyal Blog Post (2011) to discuss the GLVFRYHU\ LQ WKH HDUO\ V RI GRFXPHQWV SURYLQJ WKDW WKH JRYHUQPHQW·V DWWRUQH\V KDG IDLOHGWRSUHVHQWLQWKH6XSUHPH&RXUWHYLGHQFHWKDWPLJKWKDYHLQÁXHQFHGWKHLUUXOLQJLQ the case. The Supreme Court majority referred to the necessity that judges defer to the UHFRPPHQGDWLRQVRIWKH([HFXWLYH%UDQFKDQGWKHPLOLWDU\GXULQJZDUWLPH+RZHYHUPHPRV IURPWKH)%,DQGWKH2IÀFHRI1DYDO,QWHOOLJHQFHH[SOLFLWO\UHIXWLQJFODLPVRIHVSLRQDJHDQG VDERWDJHE\-DSDQHVH$PHULFDQVQRWVKDUHGZLWKWKH&RXUW7KHGLVFRYHU\RIWKLVHYLGHQFH VXJJHVWVWKDWWKHSROLF\RILQWHUQPHQWPD\KDYHEHHQODUJHO\PRWLYDWHGE\UDFLDOSUHMXGLFHDV WKHGLVVHQWHUVLQWKH&RXUW·VRSLQLRQPDLQWDLQHG,IZHGLVFRYHULQWKHIXWXUHVRPHHYLGHQFH of a well-concealed Japanese-American spy ring, how would that affect your opinion of this case? ©THE BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE KOREMATSU V. U.S. 179 KOREMATSU V. U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES Equal protection Due process Inalienable rights KEY QUESTION Assess the Supreme Court’s decision in Korematsu v. U.S. ©THE BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE KOREMATSU V. U.S. 180 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P 7KH8QLWHG6WDWHV&RQVWLWXWLRQ 7KH)LIWK$PHQGPHQW Ex Parte Milligan $'DWH:KLFK:LOO/LYHLQ,QIDP\ )UDQNOLQ'5RRVHYHOW·V,QIDP\6SHHFK ,QIRUPDWLRQ%XOOHWLQ1XPEHU ([HFXWLYH2UGHU)HEUXDU\ ([HFXWLYH2UGHU0DUFK Instructions to Japanese, April 1, 1942 Hirabayashi v. United States0DMRULW\2SLQLRQ Memorandum, Biddle to FDR, December 30, 1943 Korematsu v. United States0DMRULW\2SLQLRQ Korematsu v. U.S.'LVVHQWLQJ2SLQLRQ Ex parte Mitsuye Endo, December 18, 1944 *HRUJH+:%XVK/HWWHUIURP3UHVLGHQW%XVKWR,QWHUQHHV 'XW\RI$EVROXWH&DQGRU.DW\DO%ORJ3RVW DOCUMENT A The United States Constitution (1789), Article I, Section 9 «7KHSULYLOHJHRIWKHZULWRIhabeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when LQFDVHVRIUHEHOOLRQRULQYDVLRQWKHSXEOLFVDIHW\PD\UHTXLUHLW 1. What is “the writ of habeas corpus”? In what cases can it be suspended? DOCUMENT B The Fifth Amendment (1791) 1RSHUVRQVKDOO«EHGHSULYHGRIOLIHOLEHUW\RUSURSHUW\ZLWKRXWGXHSURFHVVRI law… 1. What types of rights does this amendment to the Constitution protect? What is the relationship between them? 2. What must the government provide when it tries to deprive someone of these rights? Ex Parte Milligan (1866) 7KH&RQVWLWXWLRQRIWKH8QLWHG6WDWHVLVDODZIRUUXOHUVDQGSHRSOHHTXDOO\LQ ZDUDQGLQSHDFHDQGFRYHUVZLWKWKHVKLHOGRILWVSURWHFWLRQDOOFODVVHVRIPHQ DWDOOWLPHVDQGXQGHUDOOFLUFXPVWDQFHV1RGRFWULQHLQYROYLQJPRUHSHUQLFLRXV FRQVHTXHQFHVZDVHYHULQYHQWHGE\WKHZLWRIPDQWKDQWKDWDQ\RILWVSURYLVLRQV FDQ EH VXVSHQGHG GXULQJ DQ\ RI WKH JUHDW H[LJHQFLHV RI JRYHUQPHQW 6XFK D doctrine leads directly to anarchy or despotism, but the theory of necessity on ZKLFKLWLVEDVHGLVIDOVHIRUWKHJRYHUQPHQWZLWKLQWKH&RQVWLWXWLRQKDVDOOWKH SRZHUVJUDQWHGWRLWZKLFKDUHQHFHVVDU\WRSUHVHUYHLWVH[LVWHQFH« KOREMATSU V. U.S. 1. This ruling, following the suspension of habeas corpus during the Civil War, held that civilians could not be tried in military tribunals as long as civil courts were operational. How might this reasoning apply to the Korematsu case? ©THE BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE DOCUMENT C 181 DOCUMENT D A Date Which Will Live in Infamy (1941) Images courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (LC-USZ62-104778; LC-USZ62-16555; LC-USZ62-129811). ©THE BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE KOREMATSU V. U.S. 182 1. What impression do these images portray? How is that impression related to public reaction to the decision to remove Japanese Americans from their homes along the west coast? DOCUMENT E Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Infamy Speech (1941) December 8, 1941 <HVWHUGD\'HFHPEHUDGDWHZKLFKZLOOOLYHLQLQIDP\WKH8QLWHG6WDWHV RI$PHULFDZDVVXGGHQO\DQGGHOLEHUDWHO\DWWDFNHGE\QDYDODQGDLUIRUFHVRIWKH Empire of Japan.… ,WZLOOEHUHFRUGHGWKDWWKHGLVWDQFHRI+DZDLLIURP-DSDQPDNHVLWREYLRXVWKDW WKHDWWDFNZDVGHOLEHUDWHO\SODQQHGPDQ\GD\VRUHYHQZHHNVDJR'XULQJWKH LQWHUYHQLQJWLPHWKH-DSDQHVH*RYHUQPHQWKDVGHOLEHUDWHO\VRXJKWWRGHFHLYH WKH 8QLWHG 6WDWHV E\ IDOVH VWDWHPHQWV DQG H[SUHVVLRQV RI KRSH IRU FRQWLQXHG peace. … $V&RPPDQGHULQ&KLHIRIWKH$UP\DQG1DY\,KDYHGLUHFWHGWKDWDOOPHDVXUHV be taken for our defense. … ,EHOLHYH,LQWHUSUHWWKHZLOORIWKH&RQJUHVVDQGRIWKHSHRSOHZKHQ,DVVHUWWKDW ZHZLOOQRWRQO\GHIHQGRXUVHOYHVWRWKHXWWHUPRVWEXWZLOOPDNHYHU\FHUWDLQWKDW WKLVIRUPRIWUHDFKHU\VKDOOQHYHUHQGDQJHUXVDJDLQ Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and RXULQWHUHVWVDUHLQJUDYHGDQJHU ,DVNWKDWWKH&RQJUHVVGHFODUHWKDWVLQFHWKHXQSURYRNHGDQGGDVWDUGO\DWWDFN E\-DSDQRQ6XQGD\'HFHPEHUVHYHQWKDVWDWHRIZDUKDVH[LVWHGEHWZHHQWKH 8QLWHG6WDWHVDQGWKH-DSDQHVH(PSLUH 1. What is infamy? 3. Why did the President maintain that a state of war “has [already] existed”? 4. According to the Constitution, which branch of government has the power to declare war? (See the Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11.) ©THE BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE 2. Note the descriptive terms that President Roosevelt used in this speech on the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. What is the overall effect of this speech? KOREMATSU V. U.S. 183 DOCUMENT F Information Bulletin Number 6 (1942, emphasis original) CONFIDENTIAL ,1)250$7,21%8//(7,1 180%(5 G-2 SECTION *(1(5$/+($'48$57(5686$50< $UP\:DU&ROOHJH :DVKLQJWRQ'& January 21, 1942 JAPANESE ESPIONAGE 6. Conclusions. -a. It may be expected that Japanese diplomatic and consular communications will be replaced now by using the diplomatic and consular organization of an DOOHJHGO\ QHXWUDO SRZHU LGHQWLÀHG ZLWK WKH $[LV 7KH\ PD\ DOVR XVH RIÀFLDOV RI RWKHUQHXWUDOFRXQWULHVZKRPWKH\KDYHVXEYHUWHG E 7KHLU HVSLRQDJH QHW FRQWDLQLQJ -DSDQHVH DOLHQV ÀUVW DQG VHFRQG generation Japanese and other nationals is now thoroughly organized and working underground. c. In addition to their communications net through neutral diplomats, they may EHH[SHFWHGWRKDYHWKHLURZQunderground communication net. G([WHQVLYHXVHRI2FFLGHQWDOVVXFKDV$[LVQDWLRQDOVQHXWUDOQDWLRQDOVDQG subverted Americans, is to be expected. ©THE BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE KOREMATSU V. U.S. 184 VLJQHG 3052%,1(77 Lieut. Colonel, G.S.C., Ass’t Chief of Staff, G-2. 1. 2IZKDWGDQJHUVGRHVWKLVFRQÀGHQWLDOPHPRZDUQ" 2. How long after the Pearl Harbor attack was this memo written? DOCUMENT G Executive Order 9066, February 19, 1942 «WKH6HFUHWDU\RI:DUDQGWKH0LOLWDU\&RPPDQGHUVZKRPKHPD\IURPWLPHWR WLPHGHVLJQDWHZKHQHYHUKHRUDQ\GHVLJQDWHG&RPPDQGHUGHHPVVXFKDFWLRQV necessary or desirable, to prescribe military areas in such places and of such extent as he or the appropriate Military Commanders may determine, from which any or all persons may be excluded, and with such respect to which, the right of DQ\SHUVRQWRHQWHUUHPDLQLQRUOHDYHVKDOOEHVXEMHFWWRZKDWHYHUUHVWULFWLRQV WKH 6HFWDU\ RI :DU RU WKH DSSURSULDWH 0LOLWDU\ &RPPDQGHU PD\ LPSRVH LQ KLV discretion… 1. What does this executive order authorize the Secretary of War and his military commanders to do? DOCUMENT H Executive Order 9102, March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« 1. How is Executive Order 9102 different from Executive Order 9066? ©THE BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE 7KHUH LV HVWDEOLVKHG LQ WKH 2IÀFH IRU (PHUJHQF\ 0DQDJHPHQW RI WKH ([HFXWLYH 2IÀFH RI WKH 3UHVLGHQW WKH :DU 5HORFDWLRQ $XWKRULW\ DW WKH KHDG RI ZKLFKVKDOOEHD'LUHFWRUDSSRLQWHGE\DQGUHVSRQVLEOHWRWKH3UHVLGHQW KOREMATSU V. U.S. 185 DOCUMENT I Instructions to Japanese, April 1, 1942 ©THE BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE KOREMATSU V. U.S. 186 Image courtesy the National Archives and Records Administration (Records RIWKH:DU5HORFDWLRQ$XWKRULW\$5&LGHQWLÀHU 1. To whom are these instructions directed? On what date was the announcement posted? 2. What are they instructed to do? 3. What assistance is promised to them? 4. What part(s) of these instructions would be most frightening/ unpleasant to you? Why? To what extent would you trust the Wartime Civil Control Administration to safeguard any property left behind in their care? DOCUMENT J Hirabayashi v. United States (1943) 3XUVXDQWWR([HFXWLYH2UGHU1R«WKHPLOLWDU\FRPPDQGHURIWKH:HVWHUQ Defense Command promulgated an order requiring … that all persons of Japanese ancestry within a designated military area “be within their place of residence EHWZHHQWKHKRXUVRISPDQGDPµ$SSHOODQWD8QLWHG6WDWHVFLWL]HQRI -DSDQHVHDQFHVWU\ZDVFRQYLFWHGLQWKHIHGHUDO'LVWULFW&RXUWIRUYLRODWLRQRIWKLV curfew order. Held: ,WZDVZLWKLQWKHFRQVWLWXWLRQDODXWKRULW\RI&RQJUHVVDQGWKH([HFXWLYHDFWLQJ together, to prescribe this curfew order as an emergency war measure. In the light of all the facts and circumstances, there was substantial basis for the conclusion, in which Congress and the military commander united, that the FXUIHZ DV DSSOLHG ZDV D SURWHFWLYH PHDVXUH QHFHVVDU\ WR PHHW WKH WKUHDW RI sabotage and espionage which would substantially affect the war effort and ZKLFKPLJKWUHDVRQDEO\EHH[SHFWHGWRDLGDWKUHDWHQHGHQHP\LQYDVLRQ The Fifth Amendment contains no equal protection clause, and it restrains only such discriminatory legislation by Congress as amounts to a denial of due process. 1. Of what act was Hirabayashi convicted? 2. Why did the Court hold that the curfew was reasonable? 3. In your opinion, to what extent did persons of Japanese ancestry receive due process? ©THE BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE The fact … that attack on our shores was threatened by Japan, rather than another HQHP\SRZHUVHW>-DSDQHVH@FLWL]HQVDSDUWIURPRWKHUVZKRKDYHQRSDUWLFXODU DVVRFLDWLRQVZLWK-DSDQ:HFDQQRWFORVHRXUH\HVWRWKHIDFWGHPRQVWUDWHG E\H[SHULHQFHWKDWLQWLPHRIZDUUHVLGHQWVKDYLQJHWKQLFDIÀOLDWLRQVZLWKDQ LQYDGLQJ HQHP\ PD\ EH D JUHDWHU VRXUFH RI GDQJHU WKDQ WKRVH RI D GLIIHUHQW ancestry. KOREMATSU V. U.S. 187 DOCUMENT K Memorandum, Biddle to FDR, December 30, 1943 $WWRUQH\*HQHUDO)UDQFLV%LGGOH/HWWHUWR3UHVLGHQW5RRVHYHOW «7KHLPSRUWDQWWKLQJLVWRVHFXUHWKHUHDEVRUSWLRQRIDERXW-DSDQHVH RIZKRPWZRWKLUGVDUHFLWL]HQVDQGZKRJLYHHYHU\LQGLFDWLRQRIEHLQJOR\DOWR WKH 8QLWHG 6WDWHV LQWR QRUPDO $PHULFDQ OLIH 7KH SUHVHQW SUDFWLFH RI NHHSLQJ loyal American citizens in concentration camps on the basis of race for longer than is absolutely necessary is dangerous and repugnant to the principles of our *RYHUQPHQW,WLVDOVRQHFHVVDU\WRDFWQRZVRWKDWWKHDJLWDWLRQDJDLQVWWKHVH citizens does not continue after the war. 1. What practice did Biddle describe as “dangerous and repugnant to the principles of our Government”? 2. To what principles do you think he was referring in this warning? 3. Why did he write that it was important to act immediately “to secure the reabsorption [of loyal Japanese people] into normal American life”? ©THE BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE KOREMATSU V. U.S. 188 DOCUMENT L MAJORITY OPINION Korematsu v. United States (1944) In the light of the principles we announced in the Hirabayashi case, we are unable WRFRQFOXGHWKDWLWZDVEH\RQGWKHZDUSRZHURI&RQJUHVVDQGWKH([HFXWLYHWR H[FOXGHWKRVHRI-DSDQHVHDQFHVWU\IURPWKH:HVW&RDVWZDUDUHDDWWKHWLPH they did.… &LWL]HQVKLSKDVLWVUHVSRQVLELOLWLHVDVZHOODVLWVSULYLOHJHVDQGLQWLPHRIZDU WKHEXUGHQLVDOZD\VKHDYLHU&RPSXOVRU\H[FOXVLRQRIODUJHJURXSVRIFLWL]HQV from their homes, except under circumstances of direst emergency and peril, is LQFRQVLVWHQWZLWKRXUEDVLFJRYHUQPHQWDOLQVWLWXWLRQV%XWZKHQXQGHUFRQGLWLRQV of modern warfare, our shores are threatened by hostile forces, the power to protect must be commensurate with the threatened danger.… $IÀUPHG 2. :KDWZHUHWKH´UHDOPLOLWDU\GDQJHUVµWKDWMXVWLÀHGWKHH[FOXVLRQ order? (See paragraph 3) 3. :K\GR\RXWKLQNWKLV-XVWLFHFODULÀHGWKHSRLQWUHJDUGLQJUDFLDO prejudice? KOREMATSU V. U.S. 1. According to the majority opinion, why was the exclusion order within the power of Congress? ©THE BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE It is said that we are dealing here with the case of imprisonment of a citizen in a FRQFHQWUDWLRQFDPSVROHO\EHFDXVHRIKLVDQFHVWU\ZLWKRXWHYLGHQFHRULQTXLU\ FRQFHUQLQJKLVOR\DOW\DQGJRRGGLVSRVLWLRQWRZDUGVWKH8QLWHG6WDWHV2XUWDVN ZRXOGEHVLPSOHRXUGXW\FOHDUZHUHWKLVDFDVHLQYROYLQJWKHLPSULVRQPHQWRI a loyal citizen in a concentration camp because of racial prejudice. Regardless of the true nature of the assembly and relocation centers -- and we deem it XQMXVWLÀDEOH WR FDOO WKHP FRQFHQWUDWLRQ FDPSV ZLWK DOO WKH XJO\ FRQQRWDWLRQV WKDWWHUPLPSOLHVZHDUHGHDOLQJVSHFLÀFDOO\ZLWKQRWKLQJEXWDQH[FOXVLRQRUGHU To cast this case into outlines of racial prejudice, without reference to the real military dangers which were presented, merely confuses the issue. Korematsu was not excluded from the Military Area because of hostility to him or his race. He was excluded because we are at war with the Japanese Empire, because the SURSHUO\ FRQVWLWXWHG PLOLWDU\ DXWKRULWLHV IHDUHG DQ LQYDVLRQ RI RXU :HVW &RDVW and felt constrained to take proper security measures, because they decided that the military urgency of the situation demanded that all citizens of Japanese DQFHVWU\EHVHJUHJDWHGIURPWKH:HVW&RDVWWHPSRUDULO\DQGÀQDOO\EHFDXVH &RQJUHVVUHSRVLQJLWVFRQÀGHQFHLQWKLVWLPHRIZDULQRXUPLOLWDU\OHDGHUVDV LQHYLWDEO\LWPXVWGHWHUPLQHGWKDWWKH\VKRXOGKDYHWKHSRZHUWRGRMXVWWKLV 7KHUH ZDV HYLGHQFH RI GLVOR\DOW\ RQ WKH SDUW RI VRPH WKH PLOLWDU\ DXWKRULWLHV FRQVLGHUHGWKDWWKHQHHGIRUDFWLRQZDVJUHDWDQGWLPHZDVVKRUW:HFDQQRW E\DYDLOLQJRXUVHOYHVRIWKHFDOPSHUVSHFWLYHRIKLQGVLJKWQRZVD\WKDWDWWKDW WLPHWKHVHDFWLRQVZHUHXQMXVWLÀHG 189 DOCUMENT M Korematsu v. U.S. (1944), Dissenting Opinion Much is said of the danger to liberty from the Army program for deporting and detaining these citizens of Japanese extraction. But a judicial construction of the due process clause that will sustain this order is a far more subtle blow WR OLEHUW\ WKDQ WKH SURPXOJDWLRQ RI WKH RUGHU LWVHOI $ PLOLWDU\ RUGHU KRZHYHU unconstitutional, is not apt to last longer than the military emergency. … But once a judicial opinion rationalizes such an order to show that it conforms to the Constitution, or rather rationalizes the Constitution to show that the Constitution VDQFWLRQVVXFKDQRUGHUWKH&RXUWIRUDOOWLPHKDVYDOLGDWHGWKHSULQFLSOHRIUDFLDO discrimination in criminal procedure and of transplanting American citizens. The principle then lies about like a loaded weapon, ready for the hand of any authority that can bring forward a plausible claim of an urgent need.… 1. Why does this dissenting justice object to the majority’s ruling? 2. Put the following phrase in your own words: “The principle then lies about like a loaded weapon, ready for the hand of any authority that can bring forward a plausible claim of an urgent need.” ©THE BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE KOREMATSU V. U.S. 190 DOCUMENT N Ex parte Mitsuye Endo, December 18, 1944 0LWVX\H(QGR«LVDQ$PHULFDQFLWL]HQRI-DSDQHVHDQFHVWU\6KHZDVHYDFXDWHG from Sacramento, California, in 1942, pursuant to certain military orders … and ZDVUHPRYHGWRWKH7XOH/DNH:DU5HORFDWLRQ&HQWHUORFDWHGDW1HZHOO0RGRF County, California. Her petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleges that she is a loyal and law-abiding FLWL]HQRIWKH8QLWHG6WDWHVWKDWQRFKDUJHKDVEHHQPDGHDJDLQVWKHUWKDWVKH LVEHLQJXQODZIXOO\GHWDLQHGDQGWKDWVKHLVFRQÀQHGLQWKH5HORFDWLRQ&HQWHU under armed guard and held there against her will. ,WLVFRQFHGHGE\WKH'HSDUWPHQWRI-XVWLFHDQGE\WKH:DU5HORFDWLRQ$XWKRULW\ that appellant is a loyal and law-abiding citizen. They make no claim that she is GHWDLQHGRQDQ\FKDUJHRUWKDWVKHLVHYHQVXVSHFWHGRIGLVOR\DOW\ The authority to detain a citizen or to grant him a conditional release as protection against espionage or sabotage is exhausted at least when his loyalty is conceded. If we held that the authority to detain continued thereafter, we would transform an espionage or sabotage measure into something else. That was not done by ([HFXWLYH2UGHU1RRUE\WKH$FWRI0DUFKZKLFKUDWLÀHGLW«7R UHDGWKHPWKDWEURDGO\ZRXOGEHWRDVVXPHWKDWWKH&RQJUHVVDQGWKH3UHVLGHQW intended that this discriminatory action should be taken against these people ZKROO\RQDFFRXQWRIWKHLUDQFHVWU\HYHQWKRXJKWKHJRYHUQPHQWFRQFHGHGWKHLU OR\DOW\WRWKLVFRXQWU\:HFDQQRWPDNHVXFKDQDVVXPSWLRQ« 0LWVX\H (QGR LV HQWLWOHG WR DQ XQFRQGLWLRQDO UHOHDVH E\ WKH :DU 5HORFDWLRQ Authority. 1. What is the “serious constitutional question” in Endo’s case, according to this Justice’s reasoning? What did he say was the clear answer to that question? KOREMATSU V. U.S. 2. This decision was announced on the same day as Korematsu v. U.S., December 18, 1944. Compare and contrast the two cases. Why do you think the Court’s majority came to such different conclusions in these two related cases? ©THE BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE The court is squarely faced with a serious constitutional question,-whether [her] GHWHQWLRQYLRODWHGWKHJXDUDQWHHVRIWKH%LOORI5LJKWVRIWKHIHGHUDO&RQVWLWXWLRQ and especially the guarantee of due process of law. There can be but one answer WRWKDWTXHVWLRQ$QDGPLWWHGO\OR\DOFLWL]HQKDVEHHQGHSULYHGRIKHUOLEHUW\IRUD SHULRGRI\HDUV8QGHUWKH&RQVWLWXWLRQVKHVKRXOGEHIUHHWRFRPHDQGJRDVVKH SOHDVHV,QVWHDGKHUOLEHUW\RIPRWLRQDQGRWKHULQQRFHQWDFWLYLWLHVKDYHEHHQ prohibited and conditioned. She should be discharged. 191 DOCUMENT O George H. W. Bush, Letter from President Bush to Internees (1991) 7+(:+,7(+286( :$6+,1*721 A monetary sum and words alone cannot restore lost years or erase painful memories; neither can they IXOO\FRQYH\RXU1DWLRQ·VUHVROYHWR rectify injustice and to uphold the ULJKWVRILQGLYLGXDOV:HFDQQHYHU fully right the wrongs of the past. But we can take a clear stand for justice and recognize that serious injustices were done to Japanese $PHULFDQVGXULQJ:RUOG:DU,, In enacting a law calling for restitution and offering a sincere apology, your fellow Americans KDYHLQDYHU\UHDOVHQVHUHQHZHG their traditional commitment to the ideals of freedom, equality, and MXVWLFH <RX DQG \RXU IDPLO\ KDYH our best wishes for the future. ©THE BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE KOREMATSU V. U.S. 192 Sincerely, George Bush George H. W. Bush, LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BUSH TO INTERNEES (1991). Courtesy of California State University—Sacramento, the Department of Special Collections and University Archives. 1. Living survivors of internment camps received these letters along with $20,000 as partial restitution for lost property. What constitutional ideals did President Bush mention in his letter? 2. Where did those ideals come from? 3. To what extent do you think the United States lived up to those ideals with respect to the events and aftermath of Korematsu v. U.S.? DOCUMENT P Duty of Absolute Candor: Katyal Blog Post (2011) Background: In 1980, President Jimmy Carter ordered a special investigation of the facts regarding the relocation and detention of Japanese Americans during World War II. The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians issued its report in 1983, concluding that the decision to remove Japanese Americans from the west coast had been based on “race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership.” (Report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians) Confession of Error: The Solicitor General’s Mistakes During the JapaneseAmerican Internment Cases, by the Department of Justice, May 20, 2011 Neal Katyal, Acting Solicitor General of the United States. 7KH6ROLFLWRU*HQHUDOLVUHVSRQVLEOHIRURYHUVHHLQJDSSHOODWHOLWLJDWLRQRQ EHKDOIRIWKH8QLWHG6WDWHVDQGZLWKUHSUHVHQWLQJWKH8QLWHG6WDWHVLQWKH 6XSUHPH&RXUW7KHUHDUHVHYHUDOWHUULÀFDFFRXQWVRIWKHUROHVWKDW6ROLFLWRUV *HQHUDOKDYHSOD\HGWKURXJKRXWKLVWRU\LQDGYDQFLQJFLYLOULJKWV%XWLWLVDOVR LPSRUWDQWWRUHPHPEHUWKHPLVWDNHV2QHHSLVRGHRISDUWLFXODUUHOHYDQFH WR $$3, +HULWDJH 0RQWK LV WKH 6ROLFLWRU *HQHUDO·V GHIHQVH RI WKH IRUFHG UHORFDWLRQDQGLQWHUQPHQWRI-DSDQHVH$PHULFDQVGXULQJ:RUOG:DU,,« KOREMATSU V. U.S. 7KH6XSUHPH&RXUWXSKHOG+LUDED\DVKL·VDQG.RUHPDWVX·VFRQYLFWLRQV$QG LWWRRNQHDUO\DKDOIFHQWXU\IRUFRXUWVWRRYHUWXUQWKHVHGHFLVLRQV2QHFRXUW decision in the 1980s that did so highlighted the role played by the Solicitor *HQHUDO HPSKDVL]LQJ WKDW WKH 6XSUHPH &RXUW JDYH ´VSHFLDO FUHGHQFHµ WR the Solicitor General’s representations. The court thought it unlikely that the 6XSUHPH &RXUW ZRXOG KDYH UXOHG WKH VDPH ZD\ KDG WKH 6ROLFLWRU *HQHUDO H[KLELWHGFRPSOHWHFDQGRU<HWWKRVHGHFLVLRQVVWLOOVWDQGWRGD\DVDUHPLQGHU of the mistakes of that era. ©THE BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE By the time the cases of Gordon Hirabayashi and Fred Korematsu reached the Supreme Court, the Solicitor General had learned of a key intelligence report that undermined the rationale behind the internment. The Ringle Report, IURPWKH2IÀFHRI1DYDO,QWHOOLJHQFHIRXQGWKDWRQO\DVPDOOSHUFHQWDJHRI Japanese Americans posed a potential security threat, and that the most dangerous were already known or in custody. But the Solicitor General did not inform the Court of the report, despite warnings from Department of Justice attorneys that failing to alert the Court “might approximate the suppression RI HYLGHQFHµ ,QVWHDG KH DUJXHG WKDW LW ZDV LPSRVVLEOH WR VHJUHJDWH OR\DO Japanese Americans from disloyal ones. Nor did he inform the Court that a key set of allegations used to justify the internment, that Japanese Americans were using radio transmitters to communicate with enemy submarines off the :HVW&RDVWKDGEHHQGLVFUHGLWHGE\WKH)%,DQG)&&$QGWRPDNHPDWWHUV worse, he relied on gross generalizations about Japanese Americans, such DVWKDWWKH\ZHUHGLVOR\DODQGPRWLYDWHGE\´UDFLDOVROLGDULW\µ 193 7RGD\RXU2IÀFHWDNHVWKLVKLVWRU\DVDQLPSRUWDQWUHPLQGHUWKDWWKH´VSHFLDO credence” the Solicitor General enjoys before the Supreme Court requires great responsibility and a duty of absolute candor in our representations WRWKH&RXUW2QO\WKHQFDQZHIXOÀOORXUUHVSRQVLELOLW\WRGHIHQGWKH8QLWHG States and its Constitution, and to protect the rights of all Americans. Source: http://blogs.justice.gov/main/archives/1346 1. Based on this document, to what extent do you believe the relocation and detention of Japanese Americans was based on “military necessity?” 2. Restate the last paragraph of Acting Solicitor General Katyal’s 2011 blog post in your own words. To what extent do you believe that Solicitor General Fahy in 1944 carried out his “great responsibility and duty of absolute candor?” ©THE BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE KOREMATSU V. U.S. 194 THE ENDURES National Defense Authorization Act (2012) Subtitle D — Counterterrorism 6(& $)),50$7,21 2) $87+25,7< 2) 7+( $50(' )25&(6 2) 7+( 81,7(' 67$7(6 72 '(7$,1 &29(5(' 3(56216 38568$17 72 7+( $87+25,=$7,21)2586(2)0,/,7$5<)25&( D,1*(1(5$/³&RQJUHVVDIÀUPVWKDWWKHDXWKRULW\RIWKH3UHVLGHQWWRXVH DOO QHFHVVDU\ DQG DSSURSULDWH IRUFH SXUVXDQW WR WKH $XWKRUL]DWLRQ IRU 8VH RI 0LOLWDU\)RUFHLQFOXGHVWKHDXWKRULW\IRUWKH$UPHG)RUFHVRIWKH8QLWHG6WDWHVWR GHWDLQFRYHUHGSHUVRQVSHQGLQJGLVSRVLWLRQXQGHUWKHODZRIZDU E&29(5('3(56216³$FRYHUHGSHUVRQXQGHUWKLVVHFWLRQLVDQ\SHUVRQ DVIROORZV $SHUVRQZKRSODQQHGDXWKRUL]HGFRPPLWWHGRUDLGHGWKHWHUURULVWDWWDFNV that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored those responsible for those attacks. 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