What we can learn from Fred Korematsu, 75 years after the Supreme Court ruled against him- Yesenia Ramirez Monroy 

The Korematsu ruling 75 years ago gave an executive order that allowed Japanese-American incarceration during WWI.  Fred Korematsu’s conviction was overturned and has been viewed by numerous scholars, judicial nominees, and the Supreme Court, some people say that the principles of the foundation are still relevant today. It all started by President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942 that allowed the secretary of war to declare that the United State military areas and forced relocation and incarceration of about 120,000 people of Japanese, and most were U.S. citizens.Then later on Korematsu didn't want to obey a relocation order and was arrested. The case brought the attention of the Supreme Court and ruled the order constitutional.

 

This article was written by Charles Lam on February 17 2019, with the purpose of informing the readers of an event that occurred 75 years ago. He also provides reliable information stating what really occurred during the event. This relates to U.S. history because this occurred during the time period of the second World War, which lasted from 1939-1945.This war began when “Marco Polo Bridge Incident”  occurred, which led to war between Japan and China. Later on more countries declared war on Hitler's Nazi and it was the beginning of WWII.

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