Question

Select one of the Supreme Court cases listed below which is applicable to the following situation: The president and Congress commit troops to again protect Kuwait from Iranian invasion. The Army is also ordered to relocate Iranian-Americans to camps in Arizona and New Mexico

A. Northern Securities et al. v. United States
B. Dred Scott v. Sandford
C. Miranda v. Arizona
D. Korematsu v. United States
E. Munn v. Illinois

Answer 1

The applicable Supreme Court case for the described scenario is Korematsu v. United States, which dealt with the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and set a precedent regarding government actions during national emergencies against specific ethnic groups.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Supreme Court case that is applicable to a hypothetical situation where the president and Congress commit troops to protect Kuwait from Iranian invasion and order the relocation of Iranian-Americans to camps would be D. Korematsu v. United States.

The Korematsu case dealt with the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and is a direct precedent concerning the legality and constitutionality of such a government action against a specific ethnic group during times of national crisis.

In Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court upheld the government's decision to intern Japanese Americans, although the decision has been widely criticized and was formally repudiated in later cases and through subsequent political actions, like the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which apologized and provided reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during World War II.