A week ago, on Nov. 9, @cspan highlighted Korematsu v. U.S. in its #LandmarkCases series: http://www.c-span.org/video/?327715-1/supreme-court-landmark-case-korematsu-v-united-states …
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More Jackson: "I do not think [the courts] may be asked to execute a military expedient that has no place in law under the Constitution."
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Finally, from the Korematsu majority opinion by Justice Hugo Black: "But hardships are part of war ..."pic.twitter.com/lNMh9uWEbt
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Black, upholding internment camps: "All citizens alike, both in and out of uniform, feel the impact of war in greater or lesser measure."
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Justice Felix Frankfurter concurred, saying the decision "does not carry with it approval of that which Congress and the Executive did."
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