Answer to Question #160769 in History for Will

Question

Explain how Executive Order 9066 violates constitutional liberties. What amendments were violated?

Answer 1

Executive Order 9066

In February 1942, the United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed and issued an executive order during World War II known as Executive Order 9066. This order authorized that all persons deemed a threat to national security to be evacuated from the west coast to relocation entreated further into the mainland. The order resulted in the relocation of approximately 120,000 Japanese who were forced to stay in various internment camps in the United States. The signing of the executive order made it an official government policy. The order denied Americans of Japanese descent the rights found in the Fifth Amendment, which states that no individual shall be deprived of life, property, or liberty without due process. The executive order also discontinued the writ of habeas corpus; this meant that a person under arrest could not be brought before a judge or to court to secure their release or detention on lawful grounds. Executive Order 9066 was a United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by the United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. Additionally, Americans of Japanese descent were denied their freedom of worship, speech and censored native language in public meetings and newspapers in camps. At the end of World War II, executive order 9066 lapsed and was terminated by proclamation 4417 on February 19, 1976, signed by President Gerald Ford