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1media/crt_des_sac_jaac_2104.jpg2020-12-30T12:52:18-08:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3385023plain2021-01-19T20:52:03-08:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3Use the reading assignment, timeline, and guiding questions below to discuss any or all of the Japanese American court cases in the classroom. Succinct information about each case can also be found in the Densho Encyclopedia when you search on each of the defendants’ names. You might consider an overview of all to see how the various cases played off of each other. Or, delve into one case in more detail and hold a mock trial with half the students taking the government’s prosecutorial stance and the other half the Japanese American defense perspective (for more guidance, see: https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/courtroom-simulation-talking-points-korematsu-v-us).
Guiding Questions
With the Japanese American court cases, discuss why Yasui, Korematsu, and Hirabayashi decided to break the law and the consequences of their actions?
What legal action did Mitsuye Endo try and why? Discuss how a writ of habeas corpus works, her successful case, and why the timing mattered.
How did the judicial branch of the U.S. government both fail and later support these defendants?
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1media/crt_des_sac_jaac_2104.jpg2020-12-14T13:46:31-08:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3Lessons: In the CourtsSteve Kutay9splash2021-01-06T09:46:27-08:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3
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1media/C1_csufccop_jaoh_0266_thumb.jpg2021-01-18T20:40:21-08:00Mitsuye Endo1Photograph of Mitsuye Endo typing, CSU Fullerton Center for Oral and Public Historymedia/C1_csufccop_jaoh_0266.jpgplain2021-01-18T20:40:22-08:00