Which event was the focus of this Supreme Court case? A military order, however unconstitutional, is not apt to last longer than the military emergency. ... But once a judicial opinion rationalizes such an order .. [t]he principle then lies about like a loaded weapon ready for the hand of any authority that can bring forward a plausible claim of an urgent need. -Justice Robert H. Jackson, dissenting opinion, Korematsu v. United States, 1944 • supporting the Lend-Lease Act internment of Japanese Americans • implementing the Marshall Plan • segregation of African Americans

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Which event was the focus of this Supreme Court case?
A military order, however unconstitutional, is not apt to last longer than the military
emergency. ... But once a judicial opinion rationalizes such an order ..
[t]he principle
then lies about like a loaded weapon ready for the hand of any authority that can bring
forward a plausible claim of an urgent need.
-Justice Robert H. Jackson, dissenting opinion, Korematsu v. United States, 1944
• supporting the Lend-Lease Act
internment of Japanese Americans
• implementing the Marshall Plan
• segregation of African Americans
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The event that was the focus of the Supreme Court case Korematsu v. United States was the internment of Japanese Americans.

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During World War II, the United States government ordered the internment of Japanese Americans, citing concerns about national security. Fred Korematsu, an...
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