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American Pendulum I

American Pendulum I

Released Sunday, 1st October 2017
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American Pendulum I

American Pendulum I

American Pendulum I

American Pendulum I

Sunday, 1st October 2017
 1 person rated this episode
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What happens when the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, seems to get it wrong? Korematsu v. United States is a case that’s been widely denounced and discredited, but it still remains on the books. This is the case that upheld President Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of American citizens during World War II based solely on their Japanese heritage, for the sake of national security. In this episode, we follow Fred Korematsu’s path to the Supreme Court, and we ask the question: if you can’t get justice in the Supreme Court, can you find it someplace else?

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