Resilience: All the Way to the Supreme Court
Oct 17, 2022
On today’s episode of Resilience, we will hear more from Professor Lorraine Bannai about Executive Order 9066, Japanese American resistance, and how they were both important to key Supreme Court Cases. The Supreme Court gave broad legal authority when it came to matters of national security. With the military and the Executive Branch of the government having an incredible amount of jurisdiction, supported by Congress, it raised the question of, “How do you define national security?” Join us as we explore this age-old question and the cases that moved this conversation forward.
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About Our Guest:
Lorraine K. Bannai is a Professor Emerita and Director Emerita of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at Seattle University School of Law. After earning her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law, Professor Bannai joined what is now the San Francisco firm of Minami Tamaki. While there, she served on the legal team that successfully challenged Fred Korematsu’s World War II conviction for refusing to comply with orders that resulted in the forced removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast.
Professor Bannai has written and spoken widely on the wartime Japanese American incarceration and its present-day relevance. She has testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee and co-authored amicus briefs on behalf of the children of Fred Korematsu, Gordon Hirabayashi, and Minoru Yasui on the continuing lessons of the incarceration.
Related Links:
- About Lorraine K. Bannai
- Fred Korematsu
- Yasui and Hirabayashi
- Mitsuye Endo
- HR 442 and the Civil Liberties Act of 1987
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