The Constitution and military power

Series: Decision the Constitution in Action Series

Duration: 0:29:00

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1959

Creator: National Educational Television: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Examines the legal questions involved in the relocation of persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Follows a potential relocatee's suit for freedom through the courts., Deals with the exclusion and relocation of persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast during World War II. Dramatizes the story of Fred Korematsu, a U.S. citizen of Japanese ancestry, who fled to avoid detention and relocation. His suit for freedom is followed through the courts. Summarizes a previous court decision in 1866, Milligan Ex Parte, and compares the decisions of the court in cases of Korematsu and Mitsuye Endo, also a Japanese-American. Raises the question of the rights of the military to detain citizens without charges and presents an opinion dissenting with the Korematsu vs. U.S. case which states that relocation and exclusion of Japanese gave evidence of racism under the excuse of military necessity.

Complete Record: , Deals with the exclusion and relocation of persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast during World War II. Dramatizes the story of Fred Korematsu, a U.S. citizen of Japanese ancestry, who fled to avoid detention and relocation. His suit for freedom is followed through the courts. Summarizes a previous court decision in 1866, Milligan Ex Parte, and compares the decisions of the court in cases of Korematsu and Mitsuye Endo, also a Japanese-American. Raises the question of the rights of the military to detain citizens without charges and presents an opinion dissenting with the Korematsu vs. U.S. case which states that relocation and exclusion of Japanese gave evidence of racism under the excuse of military necessity.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.