Korematsu

Korematsu

Korematsu vs. United States In 1942, an order was put forth sending all Japanese Americans to internment camps. Fred Korematsu, a Japanese man living in San Leandro, California decided to stay home and not report to the internment camp. Korematsu challenged the order as unconstitutional, arguing it violated the 14th Amendment because of the forced labor clause. The court ruling, written by Justice Hugo Black, stated that Congress and the military had supreme authority in times of war, and thus had the right to intern Japanese Americans as a measure of national security. The ruling occurred in 1944, however it was later overturned in 1983.

Matthew Milliron