Korematsu v. U.S.: Follow Up Questions

1) Are all legal restrictions which curtail the civil rights of a single racial group unconstitutional? Give an example.

2) Former Chief Justice Hughes said that "the war power of the Government is the power to wage war successfully." What did he mean by that? Do you agree?

3) Do you think we should judge the internment policy of fifty years ago by the standards we use today? Why? Why not?



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