Executive Order 9066 and the Korematsu Case
From Civics In A Year by The Center for American Civics
May 6, 2026 · 13 min · Season 1 · Episode 208
About this episode
The episode discusses Executive Order 9066 and the implications of the Korematsu case on civil liberties during wartime.
One signature from a president turned suspicion into policy and forced about 120,000 people to leave their homes. We sit down with Dr. Stephen Knott, emeritus professor of national security affairs and a longtime scholar of presidential power, to unpack Executive Order 9066 and the Japanese American internment that followed Pearl Harbor. Along the way, we ask the uncomfortable question that civics can’t dodge: how does a democracy justify stripping due process from its own citizens during war...
People in this episode
Guest: Dr. Stephen Knott
Topics covered
- Japanese American internment
- presidential power
- due process
- democracy
- civil rights
Keywords
- Executive Order 9066
- Korematsu Case
- Japanese American internment
- presidential power
- due process
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Pearl Harbor
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