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The Incarceration of Japanese Americans in World War II Does Not Provide a Legal Cover for a Muslim Registry

Carl Takei Los Angeles Times
Federal District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel wrote, presciently, in her 1984 opinion overturning Korematsu’s conviction: “In times of international hostility and antagonism, our institutions, legislative, executive and judicial, must be prepared to exercise their authority to protect all citizens from the petty fears and prejudices that are so easily aroused.”
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