Transcript Korematsu v. United States

Korematsu v. United States
By: Nathan Desnoyers
Executive Order 9066
• An order issued by the United States after the attack on Pearl
Harbor by Japan, that led to the internment of some 120,000
Japanese Americans for the duration of the war.
Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu
• Fred Korematsu was a man who defied the order and was
arrested on May 30, 1942.
Ernest Besig
• Visited Korematsu when he was in jail and asked him if he
wanted to be the test subject for the court case against the
U.S about the constitutionality of the Japanese Internment
Act.
The Case
• Korematsu said that the interment of the American Japanese
people was based off of racism.
The Case Part II
• In a 6 to 3 vote, the Supreme Court voted against Korematsu,
saying that the incarceration of the Japanese Americans
during WWII was due to the military belief that they were
spies for Japan, not because of racism.
Redemption
• Jimmy Carter ordered an investigation of the case, and stated
that the motivations for the internment were race prejudice,
war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership.
Redemption Continued
• On November 10, 1983, Judge Marilyn Hall Patel of the U.S.
District Court of Northern California in San Francisco formally
overturned Korematsu’s conviction, and a $20,000 pardon
was granted to every Japanese American effected by the
internment.
Works Cited
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"Fred Korematsu Bio." Fred Korematsu Bio. Web. 30 May 2012.
<http://korematsuinstitute.org/institute/aboutfred/>.
"Korematsu v. United States." Justia US Supreme Court Center. Web. 30 May 2012.
<http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/323/214/case.html>.