Hirabayashi Case Study
1. Analyze Hirabayashi’s statement to determine the argument he makes against the U.S. policy regarding Japanese internment camps. Upon what sources of authority does he base his refusal?
He bases his refusal on the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. These works define what is humane treatment and what is not. Due to the evacuation of his people, Hirabayashi studied these works to determine his rights. He said this evacuation “denies them the right to live.”
2. What does his form of civil disobedience reveal to you about the wartime pressures and constraints on civil liberties?
These wartime pressures kept people from expressing their 1st amendment rights to free speech. In America, there is also the right to protest and appeal to the Supreme
He bases his refusal on the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. These works define what is humane treatment and what is not. Due to the evacuation of his people, Hirabayashi studied these works to determine his rights. He said this evacuation “denies them the right to live.”
2. What does his form of civil disobedience reveal to you about the wartime pressures and constraints on civil liberties?
These wartime pressures kept people from expressing their 1st amendment rights to free speech. In America, there is also the right to protest and appeal to the Supreme