“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
Co-blogger Andrew Hyman recently had this interesting post on the Korematsu case. I entirely agree with the first four paragraphs. I think the last paragraph, regarding the power of Congress, does not go far enough. Many years ago in the early history of this blog...
Today in 1942, Franklin Roosevelt signed the infamous executive order 9066, authorizing the War Department to establish military zones that would serve as internment camps for Japanese and Italian Americans. In all, approximately 120,000 people were summarily rounded...
