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Tashima, currently a federal judge, relates his experience in a Japanese American internment camp at Poston AZ during WWII. The unjust internment was in part a failure of the federal courts to protect the constitutional rights of American citizens.

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Published in:Law and contemporary problems 2005-04, Vol.68 (2), p.7-14
Main Author: Tashima, A. Wallace
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antiterrorism measures
Civil liberties
Combatants and noncombatants (International law)
Concentration camps
Constitutional law
Detention of persons
Draft resistance
Enemy combatants
Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Federal courts
Foreign relations
Geneva Convention
International aspects
Internment
Japanese Americans
Judges
Judges & magistrates
Judiciary
Law
Laws of war
Laws, regulations and rules
National security
Patriot Act
Prisoners of war
Racial profiling
Repression
Supreme Court
Terrorism
U.S.A
United States
War and emergency powers
World War II
World War Two
World wars
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Summary:Tashima, currently a federal judge, relates his experience in a Japanese American internment camp at Poston AZ during WWII. The unjust internment was in part a failure of the federal courts to protect the constitutional rights of American citizens.
ISSN:0023-9186
1945-2322