Korematsu v. US. (1944)
This project was a recreation of sorts of the court case concerning the constitutionality of Executive order 9066, which let the military enact military zones in which they could impose curfews and other things, as well ad move those who were in the zones. This eventually led the Civilian Exclusion Order 34, which moved all of the Japanese-Americans, legal citizens or not, to internment camps. These camps were put into place to attempt to disband the potential sabotage coming from the Japanese on the western coast. Even though these were created to protect both US citizens and Japanese, the camps were very poor in terms of living conditions, and whether or not these two orders passed strict scrutiny, a test concerning statues that don’t follow the constitution, were on shaky ground.
Being a Judge, there really wasn’t a lot of teamwork to be had. There was really only a lot of solo studying work to understand the case and the laws concerning it more clearly so that we can make a decision based off of the legal standings. There were no real challenges, either. We were all pretty hard working, focused individuals who were able to get their work done quickly and efficiently so that we were all as prepared as we could be for the case.
There were not a whole lot of revisions I made, as everything was pretty straightforward. I think that the only really big revision I made was on my final ruling of the case. This is because I was really nervous, as I was the one who was reading my case to the class, and I was really nervous that I had misused one of the pieces of evidence given in the case. Because of this, I ran my paper by my teacher, and made a few revisions based on her feedback. In the end, overall, there were not really a whole lot of revisions to be made, because, as a judge, I didn’t need to work on a compelling case to win over the judges.
I really liked this project. I thought it was fun to be a judge, and get to kind of have this role where I take in all the information and analyze it. Now, I hate to be the party pooper of slackers all around, but at the same time, I also thought being a judge was wildly easy. Both I, and my other fellow judges, was able to complete the work that was given to us quite quickly. I specifically remember when we were doing our before the case information gathering, I was able to not really work at all until the last of the four days given, and had all but maybe 20 minutes of work to do at home that weekend. I would say that the best thing to do in this case would just be to find some sort of more rigorous challenges so that the Judges have a much deeper understanding of the case as well as have something to do in class to keep them occupied.
This project was a recreation of sorts of the court case concerning the constitutionality of Executive order 9066, which let the military enact military zones in which they could impose curfews and other things, as well ad move those who were in the zones. This eventually led the Civilian Exclusion Order 34, which moved all of the Japanese-Americans, legal citizens or not, to internment camps. These camps were put into place to attempt to disband the potential sabotage coming from the Japanese on the western coast. Even though these were created to protect both US citizens and Japanese, the camps were very poor in terms of living conditions, and whether or not these two orders passed strict scrutiny, a test concerning statues that don’t follow the constitution, were on shaky ground.
Being a Judge, there really wasn’t a lot of teamwork to be had. There was really only a lot of solo studying work to understand the case and the laws concerning it more clearly so that we can make a decision based off of the legal standings. There were no real challenges, either. We were all pretty hard working, focused individuals who were able to get their work done quickly and efficiently so that we were all as prepared as we could be for the case.
There were not a whole lot of revisions I made, as everything was pretty straightforward. I think that the only really big revision I made was on my final ruling of the case. This is because I was really nervous, as I was the one who was reading my case to the class, and I was really nervous that I had misused one of the pieces of evidence given in the case. Because of this, I ran my paper by my teacher, and made a few revisions based on her feedback. In the end, overall, there were not really a whole lot of revisions to be made, because, as a judge, I didn’t need to work on a compelling case to win over the judges.
I really liked this project. I thought it was fun to be a judge, and get to kind of have this role where I take in all the information and analyze it. Now, I hate to be the party pooper of slackers all around, but at the same time, I also thought being a judge was wildly easy. Both I, and my other fellow judges, was able to complete the work that was given to us quite quickly. I specifically remember when we were doing our before the case information gathering, I was able to not really work at all until the last of the four days given, and had all but maybe 20 minutes of work to do at home that weekend. I would say that the best thing to do in this case would just be to find some sort of more rigorous challenges so that the Judges have a much deeper understanding of the case as well as have something to do in class to keep them occupied.