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  • Durbin Defends Enforcing SCOTUS Ruling That Upheld Japanese Internment In Attempted ‘Gotcha’ For Trump Nominee

    03/01/2025 8:07:00 AM PST · by Twotone · 34 replies
    The Federalist ^ | February 26, 2025 | Logan Washburn
    While trying to catch President Donald Trump’s solicitor general nominee in a “gotcha” moment, Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin apparently defended enforcement of the infamous Supreme Court ruling that upheld the internment of more than one hundred thousand Japanese Americans during World War II. “Let’s go back to Korematsu — describe for me that circumstance that you think relieved an official from obeying a court order,” Durbin said to solicitor general nominee Dean John Sauer. “As bad as it was, that court order was followed for years, was it not?” In Korematsu v. U.S., the Supreme Court upheld the internment of...