Korematsu v. United States
· Case: Korematsu v. United States
· Year: 1944
· Result: 6-3, favor United States
· Related constitutional issue/amendment: Amendment 5
· Civil rights or Civil liberties: Civil Rights
· Significance/Precedent: The Court supported the government and said that “the need to protect against espionage outweighed Korematsu's rights. The Japanese citizens were shipped off to internment camps called relocation centers. Korematsu was sentenced to five years in prison, and was later sent to an internment camp. This was the only case in which the Court upheld a restriction based solely on race.
· Quote from majority opinion: “The need to protect against espionage outweighed Korematsu's rights. Compulsory exclusion, though constitutionally suspect, is justified during circumstances of emergency and peril."
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· 6-word summary: Military excludes Japanese, Court sided America
· Year: 1944
· Result: 6-3, favor United States
· Related constitutional issue/amendment: Amendment 5
· Civil rights or Civil liberties: Civil Rights
· Significance/Precedent: The Court supported the government and said that “the need to protect against espionage outweighed Korematsu's rights. The Japanese citizens were shipped off to internment camps called relocation centers. Korematsu was sentenced to five years in prison, and was later sent to an internment camp. This was the only case in which the Court upheld a restriction based solely on race.
· Quote from majority opinion: “The need to protect against espionage outweighed Korematsu's rights. Compulsory exclusion, though constitutionally suspect, is justified during circumstances of emergency and peril."
· Illustration/image: See Below
· 6-word summary: Military excludes Japanese, Court sided America