Requiem for Korematsu?

Korematsu

Stephen Dycus reviews Professor Eric K. Yamamoto’s timely book In the Shadow of Korematsu: Democratic Liberties and National Security, published just weeks before the Supreme Court decided Trump v. Hawaii. Dycus draws out the book’s core themes, highlighting Yamamoto’s analysis of the Korematsu decision and its continued relevance in American jurisprudence. The review concludes with a discussion of Yamamoto’s proposed process for judicial review in cases that involve both national security and civil liberties.

By Stephen Dycus

Stephen Dycus teaches national security law at Vermont Law School. He was founding co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of National Security Law & Policy.

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