Korematsu v. United States - Fred Korematsu Background. Peter Irons and Karen Korematsu discuss Fred Korematsu's background and experience after being arrested for refusing to comply with ...

Ad Policy. Fred Korematsu in 1983. (Gary Fong / San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) On December 18, 1944, the Supreme Court issued one of its most notorious decisions: Korematsu v.United States.

Prof. Mark Kende and I continue our debate over whether Justice Clarence Thomas supports the Supreme Court's notorious 1944 Korematsu decision.

This week’s show features Korematsu v. United States. On December 18, 1944, the Supreme Court announced one of its most controversial decisions ever.

In Korematsu v. United States, the court ruled 6-3 on Dec. 18, 1944, that the U.S. government had the right to exclude and detain 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II because of national ...

In her dissent to the majority’s ruling on the travel ban, Sotomayor compared the decision to the Korematsu v.US case, saying there are “stark parallels” in the reasoning. “As here, the ...

Korematsu v. United States - Fred Korematsu Background. User-Created Clip by CSPANCLASSROOM November 10, 2015 2015-11-10T00:14:29-05:00 https: ...

Eighty years ago, Korematsu v. United States upheld the incarceration of Japanese Americans. The racism and hysteria that fueled that decision are still with us today. On December 18th, 1944, the ...