Rights And Responsibilities In The United States

Rights are the legal, social, and ethical liberties of people; whether it be given or born with. A right is basically what a person can do and what they’re entitled to. Rights shape the structure of government and the content of laws. Rights are fundamental to society as a whole, they are established pillars in which society revolves around. There are different types and views on rights. There are “natural” rights which are freedoms that are not derived from any man-made laws. Viewed as decree of god that applies to all people and cannot be taken away without being morally wrong. On the other hand there are “legal” rights which are rights based on a societies customs and actions by legislators. In other words, legal rights are rights decided by and given by a
Not only that but killing and wounding thousands of American soldiers on American soil. This in turn enraged the American population and led the United States’ entry into World War 2. Many Americans, already being somewhat xenophobic, began to further distrust and become weary of their ethnically Japanese next door neighbors. Many United States citizens become paranoid about the loyalties of Japanese Americans, fearing the assistance that might be given to the Japanese empire. Many felt that most Japanese Americans would be spies, saboteurs, and traitors. Tensions ran high and soon president franklin d Roosevelt gave the executive order 9066, which allowed regional military commanders to designate "military areas" from which any or all people of Japanese descent may be excluded. Without charges, without trial, without due process around 130,000 mainland Japanese American citizens were forcibly relocated to barbed wired internment camps. Many internees lost irreplaceable personal property, land and businesses were taken away. They had night time curfew and had restrictions on their movements and daily