(Excerpt) Korematsu’s conviction was overturned by a federal district court in 1983, with his legal team arguing that the federal government had manufactured its claim of “pressing public necessity.” In 1998, Korematsu received a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Korematsu, who died March 30, 2005 at the age of 86, would have turned 100 this year. ...

In a Yale Law Journal article, Prof. Eric K. Yamamoto and law student Rachel Oyama address a pressing question for a constitutional democracy both concerned about national security and committed to the rule of law: what will happen when those detained, harassed, or discriminated against in the name of national security turn to the courts for ...

Stephen Dycus reviews Professor Eric K. Yamamoto’s timely book In the Shadow of Korematsu: Democratic Liberties and National Security, published just weeks before the Supreme Court decided Trump v. Hawaii. Dycus draws out the book’s core themes, highlighting Yamamoto’s analysis of the Korematsu decision and its continued relevance in American jurisprudence. The review concludes with a ...

In advance of the next week’s Day of Remembrance recognizing the incarceration of thousands of Japanese Americans during World War II, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Congressman Mark Takano (D-CA-41), introduced the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2019. The measure would establish a clear legal prohibition against un-American policies that ...

Today, on Korematsu Day, NAPABA joins Congress and people around the country in honoring the legacy of civil rights pioneer, Fred T. Korematsu. In honor of his 100th birthday, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Senator Chris Coons (D-Delaware), Senator Cory Gardner (R-Colorado), and Representative Mark Takano (D-California) introduced the Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold ...