Wesley Lowery
*cries warm, thick tears into pages of well-worn copy of Snow Falling on Cedars*
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@wesleylowery Reminder to everyone that in SCOTUS caseKorematsu v US, FDR's order was upheld as constitutional. Hasn't been overturned -
@albertsun@wesleylowery Solicitor General declared it to be “in error” in 2011. http://www.justice.gov/opa/blog/confession-error-solicitor-generals-mistakes-during-japanese-american-internment-cases … -
@albertsun@wesleylowery But yeah, still law. - View other replies
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That's malarkey
@jeremybowers, 1988 Congress approved legislation apologizing and recompensing for internment@albertsun@WesleyLowery - View other replies
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@Jaykul@albertsun@WesleyLowery Apology and recompense don’t remove the precedent, unfortunately. - View other replies
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Doesn't current law trump judicial review of former law?
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@Jaykul@albertsun@WesleyLowery Not sure, but it seems like the SG wouldn’t have been obliged to make a statement if this were true. -
@jeremybowers SG apologized for the SG's role, not for law. Those convictions were overturned decades ago anyway?@albertsun@WesleyLowery - View other replies
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@WesleyLowery gotta hear both sides. - View other replies
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@ryanjreilly@WesleyLowery That is his side. -
@AndyParas "gotta hear both sides" is a meme
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@WesleyLowery "I am reminded of one of the worst human rights violations in our nation's history, which I feel should guide us now" - View other replies
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@WesleyLowery omgggggg he literally drops internment camps in there as a positive memory/rational choice. WOW - View other replies
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