Korematsu was not excluded from the military area because of hostility to him or his race. He was excluded because we are at war with the Japanese Empire, because the properly constituted military authorities feared an invasion of our West Coast and felt constrained to take proper…measures, because they decided that the military urgency of the situation demanded that all citizens of Japanese ancestry be segregated from the West Coast temporarily….
Based on this excerpt, which argument did the Supreme Court use to justify Japanese internment?

Responses

It was common practice in democratic nations to confine citizens in military camps during a time of war.

Multiple people of Japanese ancestry living in the United States had been convicted of acts of espionage and sabotage in the past.

The government had the authority to take measures it considered necessary to protect national security during wartime.

Relocating Japanese Americans to detention camps was the best way to protect their civil liberties.