- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part One
- I. 1790: Secretary Jefferson and the Foreign Affairs Power
- II. 1791: The National Bank and the Point of Interpretation
- III. 1793: The Supreme Court and the Metaphysics of Sovereignty
- IV. 1794: <i>Kamper v. Hawkins</i> and the Role of the Judiciary
- V. 1798 (1): Justice Paterson and the Missing Fundamental Principle
- Part Two
- VI. 1798 (2): How to Think about the Sedition Act
- VII. 1800: Marshall and the Role of the Political Branches
- VIII. 1802: How Not to Think about the Judiciary Repeal Act
- IX. 1804: <i>Turpin v. Locket</i> and the Place of Religion
- X. 1806: <i>Hudgins v. Wright</i> and the Place of Slavery
- XI. 1808–1809: A Forgotten Crossroads in Constitutional History
- Part Three
- XII. 1817: President Madison Vetoes His Own Bill
- XIII. 1818: The Congress Thinks about Internal Improvements
- XIV. 1821: The Attorney General and the Rule of Law
- XV. 1829: Writing <i>State v. Mann</i>
- Part Four
- XVI. 1859: The Supreme Court and the Metaphysics of Supremacy
- XVII. 1862: Four Attorneys General and the Meaning of Citizenship
- XVIII. 1873: <i>Slaughterhouse</i> Revisited
- XIX. 1904: Clay May, the Railroad, and Justice Holmes
- XX. 1927: Justice Brandeis and the Final End of the State
- XXI. 1944: Constitutional Injustice
- Part Five
- XXII. 2002: Common Ground after Two Centuries
- Conclusion
- Index
1944: Constitutional Injustice
1944: Constitutional Injustice
- Chapter:
- XXI. 1944: Constitutional Injustice
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- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II, three federal agencies—the FBI, the Office of Naval Intelligence, and Army Intelligence—were engaged in surveillance of, and investigation into the loyalty of, residents of the United States who were of Japanese origin or descent. These investigations focused on Japanese Americans living on the West Coast and in Hawaii, but did not differentiate between citizens and resident aliens. As a result of their work, the agencies were “confident that they had identified all potential subversives,” and within three weeks of Pearl Harbor, the majority of these suspects had been arrested. “With the completion of these arrests, the FBI and the Justice Department were satisfied that Japanese-Americans no longer posed any threat to national security.”
Keywords: Pearl Harbor, arrests, federal agencies, Japanese-Americans, national security, resident aliens, West Coast
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part One
- I. 1790: Secretary Jefferson and the Foreign Affairs Power
- II. 1791: The National Bank and the Point of Interpretation
- III. 1793: The Supreme Court and the Metaphysics of Sovereignty
- IV. 1794: <i>Kamper v. Hawkins</i> and the Role of the Judiciary
- V. 1798 (1): Justice Paterson and the Missing Fundamental Principle
- Part Two
- VI. 1798 (2): How to Think about the Sedition Act
- VII. 1800: Marshall and the Role of the Political Branches
- VIII. 1802: How Not to Think about the Judiciary Repeal Act
- IX. 1804: <i>Turpin v. Locket</i> and the Place of Religion
- X. 1806: <i>Hudgins v. Wright</i> and the Place of Slavery
- XI. 1808–1809: A Forgotten Crossroads in Constitutional History
- Part Three
- XII. 1817: President Madison Vetoes His Own Bill
- XIII. 1818: The Congress Thinks about Internal Improvements
- XIV. 1821: The Attorney General and the Rule of Law
- XV. 1829: Writing <i>State v. Mann</i>
- Part Four
- XVI. 1859: The Supreme Court and the Metaphysics of Supremacy
- XVII. 1862: Four Attorneys General and the Meaning of Citizenship
- XVIII. 1873: <i>Slaughterhouse</i> Revisited
- XIX. 1904: Clay May, the Railroad, and Justice Holmes
- XX. 1927: Justice Brandeis and the Final End of the State
- XXI. 1944: Constitutional Injustice
- Part Five
- XXII. 2002: Common Ground after Two Centuries
- Conclusion
- Index
