POLISCI 361 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gordon Hirabayashi, War Relocation Authority, Texas Democratic Party
31 Jan 2019
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After pearl harbor roosevelt wanted to prevent incidents of subversion and espionage from japanese descendants to do this he issued 2 executive orders. 1 executive order was that secretary of war was given the power to designate certain parts of the country military areas and exclude certain persons from those areas. 2 executive order established the war relocation authority which had the power to remove, maintain, and supervise persons who were excluded from the military areas. Gordon kiyoshi hirabayashi a japanese decedent who was a student at the university of. Washington, was convicted of violating a curfew and relocation order. Hirabayashi petitioned the court on the basis that the executive orders violated his 5th amendment rights. The executive order caused the relocation of more than 120000 japanese people to detention camps.
