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5-4

Korematsu v. United States

5-4

Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this case from 1944 the Court decides that arresting someone on "suspicion of being Japanese" and putting them in a concentration camp is not racially motivated. And while we're at it, don't call it a "concentration camp," that makes the justices feel icky.


5 to 4 is presented by Prologue Projects. Rachel Ward is our producer. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our production manager is Percia Verlin. Our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.


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0:00.0

The real significance of Fred's case is that it raised for the first time the central issue was the internment itself constitutional.

0:12.8

Hey everyone, this is Leon from Fiasco and Prologg Projects.

0:16.8

On this week's episode of Five to Four, Peter, Riannan and Michael are talking about Poromatsu, the United States.

0:24.2

This case challenged the federal government's internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

0:29.0

By 1944, people had already lost their property 110,000 people.

0:35.5

Somewhere now, homeless. Some had lost their lives.

0:39.3

Their whole structure and community was now broken.

0:42.0

It would take decades for Japanese Americans to receive reparations and an apology from the federal government in 1988,

0:48.5

and it would take three more decades for the court to acknowledge it was wrong and overturn it in a 2018 opinion about the so-called Muslim ban.

0:56.2

This is Five to Four, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.

1:07.7

Welcome to Five to Four, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have canceled our civil liberties like Netflix canceling your favorite show.

1:15.7

I'm Peter. I'm here with Michael.

1:18.7

Hey everybody.

1:19.7

And Riannan.

1:20.7

Hi.

1:21.7

What show did Netflix recently cancel leaving you?

1:24.7

Yeah. What are you lamenting, Peter?

1:26.7

Honestly, nothing that I like, but I'm responding to the cancellation of Warrior None, which resulted in a social media campaign where the fans got Netflix correct your mistake in all caps trending across all social media.

1:45.7

Oh, I saw that. I was like, what the fuck is that, but I didn't click.

1:49.7

I never watched the show, don't really know anything about it, but that's a pretty wild energy to get that trending.

1:55.7

So I wanted to throw them some respect in the intro.

1:58.7

Nice.

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