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Korematsu v. United States 323 U.S. 214 (1944) was a landmark United States Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066 which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II regardless of citizenship.In a 6-3 decision the Court sided with the government ruling that the exclusion order was constitutional. Six of eight Roosevelt appointees sided with Roosevelt. The lone Republican appointee Owen Roberts dissented.

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