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SCOTUS Takes First Step Away From Rationale of Notorious Case
“Hard cases make bad law,” and national emergencies make hard cases. A notorious example of this maxim is the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to vindicate the claims of West Coast Americans who were put in “assignment” or “assembly centers” en masse during World War II solely because they were of Japanese descent and, thus, inherently had a greater potential for treason and espionage. The Court’s reasoning...
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Tagged Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church v. Pritzker, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Korematsu v. United States, National Association of Evangelicals, R.C. Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo, Seventh Circuit Court, Southern Baptist Convention
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