In the case of Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court decided that

A. in times of war, American citizens have no civil rights the government is obligated to respect.
B. because the internment of Japanese Americans was based solely on race, it was unconstitutional.
C. the internment of Japanese Americans was a constitutional measure.
D. while the government had the right to send Japanese immigrants to internment camps, their native-born children, as American citizens, must be freed.
E. although Congress might had the power to order the internment of Japanese Americans, the president could not constitutionally do so by executive order.


Answer: C

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