How did the U.S. government treat Japanese Americans during World War IIand Arab Americans following 9/11? What has the Supreme Court said about these situations? What does this say about the sanctity of civil liberties during wartime? What did the

Supreme Court decision in Korematsuv.United States (1944) and the 2004 Supreme Court decision regarding Arab American detainees say about America's willingness to suspend civil rights in times of war or crisis?

What will be an ideal response?

An ideal response will:
1, Discuss how more than 100,000 Japanese Americans were put in internment camps during World War II.
2, Discuss how the FBI detained more than 1,200 persons following 9/11, and that many of them were Muslims and American citizens.Many were kept in jail for months until they were cleared by the FBI.
3, Explain that the Supreme Court's decision in Korematsuv.United States upheld the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II as a reasonable exercise of government power, given that the United States was at war with Japan.
4, Identify that in 2004, the Supreme Court declared that detainees in the United States have a right to challenge their detention before a judge or other neutral decision maker.
5, Note that these situations suggest that the Supreme Court has been unwilling to be a strong advocate for civil rights during wartime.