Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 this is not something that 40, 50, 70 years later we were saying that was a mistake back then but they had their reason for it, they had no reason at the time except to uphold what they thought was a patriotic duty. For the record, i want to get some of this on the screen so people can have the reference. First of all, the chief justice at the time was hare land fisk stone . Hare land fisk stone. He was appointed by herbert hoover. He was a republican but he was he wouldnt be a republican today because he was, in fact, one of the great chief justices weve had. There were also a number of other names that have become famous to people who dont even know much about the court. You mentioned william o. Douglas. Frank murphy and robert jackson. 7 of the 9 members with the exception of Justice Jackson and justice stone had been appointed by franklin roosevelt. They were the new deal justices. When roosevelt threatened to pack the court in
Community, including growing up asian in america, we wrap up our show with wu yee Childrens Services celebrating its 40th year as it helps chinese immigrants, especially in china town. All that on our show today. Well, we have prided ourselves in presenting the contributions of japaneseamericans during world war ii, and today we get to talk about an effort to make their history a part of the literary landscape in a big way. Joining me to talk about the coffee book, the go for broke spirit portraits of courage are robert horsting, the oral historian and coauthor, and photographer and coauthor shane sato. Welcome to the show. Robert horsting thank you for having us. Robert handa great to have both of you here. Well, give me an idea. First of all, we were talking a little bit earlier about, you know, the idea of this, and how it got started, and your collaboration. Give us an idea in terms of the origins of this book, and how you guys ended up collaborating. Go ahead, robert. Shane sato w
Historic decisions. Arguments number 18, row against weight. , it was quite an popular. Through few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually, what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people, who stick together because they believe in the rule of law. Susan good evening and welcome to cspan and the National Constitution centers landmark cases. Tonight we will be examining a 1944 war powers case before the Supreme Court. It is the story of korematsu versus the United States. Fred korematsu was the japaneseamerican who challenged the right of the government to forcibly detain people during world war ii. You may know a bit about this history, American History during world war ii. Many japaneseamericans were gathered. 120,000 by some estimates. They were detained through the course of the war. Fred korematsu said that that was not right and took it all the way to the Supreme Court. We will learn more about that case. Lets introduce you to the two people who wi
Historic decisions. Arguments number 18, row against weight. , it was quite an popular. Through few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually, what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people, who stick together because they believe in the rule of law. Susan good evening and welcome to cspan and the National Constitution centers landmark cases. Tonight we will be examining a 1944 war powers case before the Supreme Court. It is the story of korematsu versus the United States. Fred korematsu was the japaneseamerican who challenged the right of the government to forcibly detain people during world war ii. You may know a bit about this history, American History during world war ii. Many japaneseamericans were gathered. 120,000 by some estimates. They were detained through the course of the war. Fred korematsu said that that was not right and took it all the way to the Supreme Court. We will learn more about that case. Lets introduce you to the two people who wi
There was evidence of espionage, that it was absolutely false. The fbi had found no evidence to support it. They had all agreed there was no evidence to support this. He demanded, he said it is highly unfair to this racial minority that these lies about them in an official publication go on corrected. The solicitor general in 1994, he stood up before the Supreme Court and said, standing behind every word in light of the military report, claimed there had been asked of espionage and acts of espionage and sabotage. We found these documents, me and other researchers. We put together a legal team in san francisco, portland, seattle, where the three cases started, and filed suits under a provision that means you can go back to court even if after you have served your sentence, even then, you can if you have evidence the government has committed misconduct. In all three cases, the judges agreed the government had lied to the Supreme Court. So they vacated them. The decision and fred koremats