The awesome powers of a U.S. President

[Sundance508]

Many do do not understand the powers that a President has if he chooses to exercise them....look at how Lincoln abolished habeous corpus or how FDR vacated the west coast of Japanese ...just two examples of what a President can do...most especially in war time conditions in which we have been since 9/11.

Presidential Powers < The Executive Branch: Powers of the Presidency < Government 1991 < American History From Revolution To Reconstruction and beyond


Law Professor: Trump’s Immigration Ban Constitutional, Admin ‘Absolutely’ Had Right to Fire AG

 

[Fenton Lum]

Many feel it depends upon who is president in terms of what power he does or doesn't have.

 

[Sundance508]

Many feel it depends upon who is president in terms of what power he does or doesn't have.

Of course....some Presidents are more courageous than others....look at FDR and the action he took on the West Coast Japanese.....yet we did win that war....but since the last several Presidents have been politically correct and espoused political correctness ad nauseum...we are still fighting islamic terrorism.

Newsflash: President Trump has no time for political correctness.

 

[Fenton Lum]

Many feel it depends upon who is president in terms of what power he does or doesn't have.

Of course....some Presidents are more courageous than others....look at FDR and the action he took on the West Coast Japanese.....yet we did win that war....but since the last several Presidents have been politically correct and espoused political correctness ad nauseum...we are still fighting islamic terrorism.

Newsflash: President Trump has no time for political correctness.

Cool! Looking forward to the return of internment concentration camps.

 

[reconmark]

Many feel it depends upon who is president in terms of what power he does or doesn't have.

Of course....some Presidents are more courageous than others....look at FDR and the action he took on the West Coast Japanese.....yet we did win that war....but since the last several Presidents have been politically correct and espoused political correctness ad nauseum...we are still fighting islamic terrorism.

Newsflash: President Trump has no time for political correctness.

Newsflash: you are a complete idiot.
American Japanese citizens were denied their due process, right to their property and liberty based on nothing more than racism against the Japanese.
Their Rights to freedom, searches and seizures were just a few of their Rights that were violated.

Let me correct one more stupid thing you said about trump not having time for political correctness.
Trump has no time to respect the U.S. Constitution, Senior Intelligence, Environmental, Legal and other responsible Management Official of the U.S

 

[reconmark]

CONFISCATIONS FROM JAPANESE-AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II

Internment was publicized as a national security measure responding to a military threat. Contemporary observers, however, wondered if internment was actually directed against an economic threat that some Americans saw in fellow Americans of Japanese descent. One half of employed Japanese-Americans on the West Coast were in agriculture. They were the largest force in California's fruit and vegetable markets; agricultural experts expected thirty-five percent of California's 1942 truck crops to come from Japanese-Americans.1 Japanese-American farms in 1940 were worth $72 million plus $6 million in equipment. Per acre their farms were worth $279.96, in contrast to the average value of $37.94 for all California farms. "I find no popular demand for the efforts to drive the so-called alien enemies from California," said one indignant attorney. "The clamor seems to come from chambers of commerce, Associated Farmers, and the newspapers notorious as spokesmen for reactionary interests. In view of this fact, effort should be made to determine whether there is any connection between the clamor for the dispossession of the Japanese farmers and the desire of these clamoring interests to get possession of the Japanese farms and the elimination of the Japanese competition."2 The attorney's analysis was shared by others. "The great cry of 'Kick the Japanese out of the Yakima Valley' is not due to fear of sabotage, it is due to economic reasons. As one person naively explained to me, 'The white farmer would have more land and more water if he could get rid of the Japanese, and he could demand a higher price for his farm produce.'"3 An editorial in Christian Century warned against "action whose real end is the destruction of Japanese competitors of American firms.

Confiscations from Japanese-Americans During World War II

 

[Sundance508]

Most Presidents violate the Constitution aka...George Bush...said...it is just a g.d. piece of paper.

Most Presidents Ignore the Constitution

Was Lincoln a Tyrant? https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/was-lincoln-a-tyrant/

 

[Hossfly]

CONFISCATIONS FROM JAPANESE-AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II

Internment was publicized as a national security measure responding to a military threat. Contemporary observers, however, wondered if internment was actually directed against an economic threat that some Americans saw in fellow Americans of Japanese descent. One half of employed Japanese-Americans on the West Coast were in agriculture. They were the largest force in California's fruit and vegetable markets; agricultural experts expected thirty-five percent of California's 1942 truck crops to come from Japanese-Americans.1 Japanese-American farms in 1940 were worth $72 million plus $6 million in equipment. Per acre their farms were worth $279.96, in contrast to the average value of $37.94 for all California farms. "I find no popular demand for the efforts to drive the so-called alien enemies from California," said one indignant attorney. "The clamor seems to come from chambers of commerce, Associated Farmers, and the newspapers notorious as spokesmen for reactionary interests. In view of this fact, effort should be made to determine whether there is any connection between the clamor for the dispossession of the Japanese farmers and the desire of these clamoring interests to get possession of the Japanese farms and the elimination of the Japanese competition."2 The attorney's analysis was shared by others. "The great cry of 'Kick the Japanese out of the Yakima Valley' is not due to fear of sabotage, it is due to economic reasons. As one person naively explained to me, 'The white farmer would have more land and more water if he could get rid of the Japanese, and he could demand a higher price for his farm produce.'"3 An editorial in Christian Century warned against "action whose real end is the destruction of Japanese competitors of American firms.

Confiscations from Japanese-Americans During World War II

Something to consider.

We were attacked and war declared on us by the Axis who wanted to to destroy us and rule the world. It was at a different time from the present. The decisions were made according to the situations It doesn't mean squat about hindsight.

 

[Darkwind]

Many do do not understand the powers that a President has if he chooses to exercise them....look at how Lincoln abolished habeous corpus or how FDR vacated the west coast of Japanese ...just two examples of what a President can do...most especially in war time conditions in which we have been since 9/11.

Presidential Powers < The Executive Branch: Powers of the Presidency < Government 1991 < American History From Revolution To Reconstruction and beyond


Law Professor: Trump’s Immigration Ban Constitutional, Admin ‘Absolutely’ Had Right to Fire AG

1. The power of the President needs to be returned to its Constitutional confines.

2. There is no Muslim ban.

 

[Sundance508]

Many do do not understand the powers that a President has if he chooses to exercise them....look at how Lincoln abolished habeous corpus or how FDR vacated the west coast of Japanese ...just two examples of what a President can do...most especially in war time conditions in which we have been since 9/11.

Presidential Powers < The Executive Branch: Powers of the Presidency < Government 1991 < American History From Revolution To Reconstruction and beyond


Law Professor: Trump’s Immigration Ban Constitutional, Admin ‘Absolutely’ Had Right to Fire AG

1. The power of the President needs to be returned to its Constitutional confines.

2. There is no Muslim ban.

National Security trumps the Constitution as Lincoln and FDR proved.

 

[Old Rocks]

Many feel it depends upon who is president in terms of what power he does or doesn't have.

Of course....some Presidents are more courageous than others....look at FDR and the action he took on the West Coast Japanese.....yet we did win that war....but since the last several Presidents have been politically correct and espoused political correctness ad nauseum...we are still fighting islamic terrorism.

Newsflash: President Trump has no time for political correctness.

The orange clown has no time for correctness, period. He is a lying asshole that already, two weeks into his term, has over 50% of Americans disapproving of his actions. Incompetent and psychotic.

 

[Darkwind]

Many do do not understand the powers that a President has if he chooses to exercise them....look at how Lincoln abolished habeous corpus or how FDR vacated the west coast of Japanese ...just two examples of what a President can do...most especially in war time conditions in which we have been since 9/11.

Presidential Powers < The Executive Branch: Powers of the Presidency < Government 1991 < American History From Revolution To Reconstruction and beyond


Law Professor: Trump’s Immigration Ban Constitutional, Admin ‘Absolutely’ Had Right to Fire AG

1. The power of the President needs to be returned to its Constitutional confines.

2. There is no Muslim ban.

National Security trumps the Constitution as Lincoln and FDR proved.

National Security is part and parcel of the authority of the Executive branch. Other exercises of power are not.

It is useful to understand the role of the Federal government in our system.

When that understanding is achieve, it becomes easy to see when a President exceeds the authority granted them.

 

[Sundance508]

CONFISCATIONS FROM JAPANESE-AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II

Internment was publicized as a national security measure responding to a military threat. Contemporary observers, however, wondered if internment was actually directed against an economic threat that some Americans saw in fellow Americans of Japanese descent. One half of employed Japanese-Americans on the West Coast were in agriculture. They were the largest force in California's fruit and vegetable markets; agricultural experts expected thirty-five percent of California's 1942 truck crops to come from Japanese-Americans.1 Japanese-American farms in 1940 were worth $72 million plus $6 million in equipment. Per acre their farms were worth $279.96, in contrast to the average value of $37.94 for all California farms. "I find no popular demand for the efforts to drive the so-called alien enemies from California," said one indignant attorney. "The clamor seems to come from chambers of commerce, Associated Farmers, and the newspapers notorious as spokesmen for reactionary interests. In view of this fact, effort should be made to determine whether there is any connection between the clamor for the dispossession of the Japanese farmers and the desire of these clamoring interests to get possession of the Japanese farms and the elimination of the Japanese competition."2 The attorney's analysis was shared by others. "The great cry of 'Kick the Japanese out of the Yakima Valley' is not due to fear of sabotage, it is due to economic reasons. As one person naively explained to me, 'The white farmer would have more land and more water if he could get rid of the Japanese, and he could demand a higher price for his farm produce.'"3 An editorial in Christian Century warned against "action whose real end is the destruction of Japanese competitors of American firms.

Confiscations from Japanese-Americans During World War II

Something to consider.

We were attacked and war declared on us by the Axis who wanted to to destroy us and rule the world. It was at a different time from the present. The decisions were made according to the situations It doesn't mean squat about hindsight.

FDR was right to evict the Japanese from the West Coast...much misunderstanding about that case....as in they could have moved to anywhere in America except the west coast...most of them went voluntarily to the camps...they were afraid of revenge from the public for Pearl Harbor attack.

IN DEFENSE OF INTERNMENT

 

[reconmark]

CONFISCATIONS FROM JAPANESE-AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II

Internment was publicized as a national security measure responding to a military threat. Contemporary observers, however, wondered if internment was actually directed against an economic threat that some Americans saw in fellow Americans of Japanese descent. One half of employed Japanese-Americans on the West Coast were in agriculture. They were the largest force in California's fruit and vegetable markets; agricultural experts expected thirty-five percent of California's 1942 truck crops to come from Japanese-Americans.1 Japanese-American farms in 1940 were worth $72 million plus $6 million in equipment. Per acre their farms were worth $279.96, in contrast to the average value of $37.94 for all California farms. "I find no popular demand for the efforts to drive the so-called alien enemies from California," said one indignant attorney. "The clamor seems to come from chambers of commerce, Associated Farmers, and the newspapers notorious as spokesmen for reactionary interests. In view of this fact, effort should be made to determine whether there is any connection between the clamor for the dispossession of the Japanese farmers and the desire of these clamoring interests to get possession of the Japanese farms and the elimination of the Japanese competition."2 The attorney's analysis was shared by others. "The great cry of 'Kick the Japanese out of the Yakima Valley' is not due to fear of sabotage, it is due to economic reasons. As one person naively explained to me, 'The white farmer would have more land and more water if he could get rid of the Japanese, and he could demand a higher price for his farm produce.'"3 An editorial in Christian Century warned against "action whose real end is the destruction of Japanese competitors of American firms.

Confiscations from Japanese-Americans During World War II

Something to consider.

We were attacked and war declared on us by the Axis who wanted to to destroy us and rule the world. It was at a different time from the present. The decisions were made according to the situations It doesn't mean squat about hindsight.

Something to consider, Japanese were loyal American citizens whose Rights were trampled based on racism financial enrichment of whites and nothing more...
Japanese Americans earned more medals for bravery during the war than any other group of people...

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team is an infantry regiment of the United States Army, part of the Army Reserve. The regiment was a fighting unit composed almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought in World War II. Most of the families of mainland Japanese Americans were confined to internment camps in the United States interior. Beginning in 1944, the regiment fought primarily in Europe during World War II,[2] in particular Italy, southern France, and Germany.,

The 442nd Regiment was the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of American warfare.[3] The 4,000 men who initially made up the unit in April 1943 had to be replaced nearly 2.5 times. In total, about 14,000 men served, earning 9,486 Purple Hearts. The unit was awarded eight Presidential Unit Citations (five earned in one month).[4]:201 Twenty-one of its members were awarded Medals of Honor.[2] Its motto was "Go for Broke".]

 

[reconmark]

CONFISCATIONS FROM JAPANESE-AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II

Internment was publicized as a national security measure responding to a military threat. Contemporary observers, however, wondered if internment was actually directed against an economic threat that some Americans saw in fellow Americans of Japanese descent. One half of employed Japanese-Americans on the West Coast were in agriculture. They were the largest force in California's fruit and vegetable markets; agricultural experts expected thirty-five percent of California's 1942 truck crops to come from Japanese-Americans.1 Japanese-American farms in 1940 were worth $72 million plus $6 million in equipment. Per acre their farms were worth $279.96, in contrast to the average value of $37.94 for all California farms. "I find no popular demand for the efforts to drive the so-called alien enemies from California," said one indignant attorney. "The clamor seems to come from chambers of commerce, Associated Farmers, and the newspapers notorious as spokesmen for reactionary interests. In view of this fact, effort should be made to determine whether there is any connection between the clamor for the dispossession of the Japanese farmers and the desire of these clamoring interests to get possession of the Japanese farms and the elimination of the Japanese competition."2 The attorney's analysis was shared by others. "The great cry of 'Kick the Japanese out of the Yakima Valley' is not due to fear of sabotage, it is due to economic reasons. As one person naively explained to me, 'The white farmer would have more land and more water if he could get rid of the Japanese, and he could demand a higher price for his farm produce.'"3 An editorial in Christian Century warned against "action whose real end is the destruction of Japanese competitors of American firms.

Confiscations from Japanese-Americans During World War II

Something to consider.

We were attacked and war declared on us by the Axis who wanted to to destroy us and rule the world. It was at a different time from the present. The decisions were made according to the situations It doesn't mean squat about hindsight.

FDR was right to evict the Japanese from the West Coast...much misunderstanding about that case....as in they could have moved to anywhere in America except the west coast...most of them went voluntarily to the camps...they were afraid of revenge from the public for Pearl Harbor attack.

IN DEFENSE OF INTERNMENT

Maybe you meant that link to be absent any relevant information, much like your position on summarily infringing on the Rights of Americans...

 

[Hossfly]

CONFISCATIONS FROM JAPANESE-AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II

Internment was publicized as a national security measure responding to a military threat. Contemporary observers, however, wondered if internment was actually directed against an economic threat that some Americans saw in fellow Americans of Japanese descent. One half of employed Japanese-Americans on the West Coast were in agriculture. They were the largest force in California's fruit and vegetable markets; agricultural experts expected thirty-five percent of California's 1942 truck crops to come from Japanese-Americans.1 Japanese-American farms in 1940 were worth $72 million plus $6 million in equipment. Per acre their farms were worth $279.96, in contrast to the average value of $37.94 for all California farms. "I find no popular demand for the efforts to drive the so-called alien enemies from California," said one indignant attorney. "The clamor seems to come from chambers of commerce, Associated Farmers, and the newspapers notorious as spokesmen for reactionary interests. In view of this fact, effort should be made to determine whether there is any connection between the clamor for the dispossession of the Japanese farmers and the desire of these clamoring interests to get possession of the Japanese farms and the elimination of the Japanese competition."2 The attorney's analysis was shared by others. "The great cry of 'Kick the Japanese out of the Yakima Valley' is not due to fear of sabotage, it is due to economic reasons. As one person naively explained to me, 'The white farmer would have more land and more water if he could get rid of the Japanese, and he could demand a higher price for his farm produce.'"3 An editorial in Christian Century warned against "action whose real end is the destruction of Japanese competitors of American firms.

Confiscations from Japanese-Americans During World War II

Something to consider.

We were attacked and war declared on us by the Axis who wanted to to destroy us and rule the world. It was at a different time from the present. The decisions were made according to the situations It doesn't mean squat about hindsight.

Something to consider, Japanese were loyal American citizens whose Rights were trampled based on racism financial enrichment of whites and nothing more...
Japanese Americans earned more medals for bravery during the war than any other group of people...

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team is an infantry regiment of the United States Army, part of the Army Reserve. The regiment was a fighting unit composed almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought in World War II. Most of the families of mainland Japanese Americans were confined to internment camps in the United States interior. Beginning in 1944, the regiment fought primarily in Europe during World War II,[2] in particular Italy, southern France, and Germany.,

The 442nd Regiment was the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of American warfare.[3] The 4,000 men who initially made up the unit in April 1943 had to be replaced nearly 2.5 times. In total, about 14,000 men served, earning 9,486 Purple Hearts. The unit was awarded eight Presidential Unit Citations (five earned in one month).[4]:201 Twenty-one of its members were awarded Medals of Honor.[2] Its motto was "Go for Broke".]

As I stated, it was a different time and you don't realize the hatred and thirst for revenge Americans had for Germany and Japan. You would have had to live at that time in order to understand. I did and I remember things that were said and done. It wasn't pretty..

 

[Sundance508]

CONFISCATIONS FROM JAPANESE-AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II

Internment was publicized as a national security measure responding to a military threat. Contemporary observers, however, wondered if internment was actually directed against an economic threat that some Americans saw in fellow Americans of Japanese descent. One half of employed Japanese-Americans on the West Coast were in agriculture. They were the largest force in California's fruit and vegetable markets; agricultural experts expected thirty-five percent of California's 1942 truck crops to come from Japanese-Americans.1 Japanese-American farms in 1940 were worth $72 million plus $6 million in equipment. Per acre their farms were worth $279.96, in contrast to the average value of $37.94 for all California farms. "I find no popular demand for the efforts to drive the so-called alien enemies from California," said one indignant attorney. "The clamor seems to come from chambers of commerce, Associated Farmers, and the newspapers notorious as spokesmen for reactionary interests. In view of this fact, effort should be made to determine whether there is any connection between the clamor for the dispossession of the Japanese farmers and the desire of these clamoring interests to get possession of the Japanese farms and the elimination of the Japanese competition."2 The attorney's analysis was shared by others. "The great cry of 'Kick the Japanese out of the Yakima Valley' is not due to fear of sabotage, it is due to economic reasons. As one person naively explained to me, 'The white farmer would have more land and more water if he could get rid of the Japanese, and he could demand a higher price for his farm produce.'"3 An editorial in Christian Century warned against "action whose real end is the destruction of Japanese competitors of American firms.

Confiscations from Japanese-Americans During World War II

Something to consider.

We were attacked and war declared on us by the Axis who wanted to to destroy us and rule the world. It was at a different time from the present. The decisions were made according to the situations It doesn't mean squat about hindsight.

Something to consider, Japanese were loyal American citizens whose Rights were trampled based on racism financial enrichment of whites and nothing more...
Japanese Americans earned more medals for bravery during the war than any other group of people...

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team is an infantry regiment of the United States Army, part of the Army Reserve. The regiment was a fighting unit composed almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought in World War II. Most of the families of mainland Japanese Americans were confined to internment camps in the United States interior. Beginning in 1944, the regiment fought primarily in Europe during World War II,[2] in particular Italy, southern France, and Germany.,

The 442nd Regiment was the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of American warfare.[3] The 4,000 men who initially made up the unit in April 1943 had to be replaced nearly 2.5 times. In total, about 14,000 men served, earning 9,486 Purple Hearts. The unit was awarded eight Presidential Unit Citations (five earned in one month).[4]:201 Twenty-one of its members were awarded Medals of Honor.[2] Its motto was "Go for Broke".]

In Defense of Internment: The Case for 'Racial Profiling' in World War II and the War on Terror
by Michelle Malkin


Everything you've been taught about the World War II "internment camps" in America is wrong:

They were not created primarily because of racism or wartime hysteria


They did not target only those of Japanese descent


They were not Nazi-style death camps


In her latest investigative tour-de-force, New York Times best-selling author Michelle Malkin sets the historical record straigh...more

 

[reconmark]

CONFISCATIONS FROM JAPANESE-AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II

Internment was publicized as a national security measure responding to a military threat. Contemporary observers, however, wondered if internment was actually directed against an economic threat that some Americans saw in fellow Americans of Japanese descent. One half of employed Japanese-Americans on the West Coast were in agriculture. They were the largest force in California's fruit and vegetable markets; agricultural experts expected thirty-five percent of California's 1942 truck crops to come from Japanese-Americans.1 Japanese-American farms in 1940 were worth $72 million plus $6 million in equipment. Per acre their farms were worth $279.96, in contrast to the average value of $37.94 for all California farms. "I find no popular demand for the efforts to drive the so-called alien enemies from California," said one indignant attorney. "The clamor seems to come from chambers of commerce, Associated Farmers, and the newspapers notorious as spokesmen for reactionary interests. In view of this fact, effort should be made to determine whether there is any connection between the clamor for the dispossession of the Japanese farmers and the desire of these clamoring interests to get possession of the Japanese farms and the elimination of the Japanese competition."2 The attorney's analysis was shared by others. "The great cry of 'Kick the Japanese out of the Yakima Valley' is not due to fear of sabotage, it is due to economic reasons. As one person naively explained to me, 'The white farmer would have more land and more water if he could get rid of the Japanese, and he could demand a higher price for his farm produce.'"3 An editorial in Christian Century warned against "action whose real end is the destruction of Japanese competitors of American firms.

Confiscations from Japanese-Americans During World War II

Something to consider.

We were attacked and war declared on us by the Axis who wanted to to destroy us and rule the world. It was at a different time from the present. The decisions were made according to the situations It doesn't mean squat about hindsight.

Something to consider, Japanese were loyal American citizens whose Rights were trampled based on racism financial enrichment of whites and nothing more...
Japanese Americans earned more medals for bravery during the war than any other group of people...

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team is an infantry regiment of the United States Army, part of the Army Reserve. The regiment was a fighting unit composed almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought in World War II. Most of the families of mainland Japanese Americans were confined to internment camps in the United States interior. Beginning in 1944, the regiment fought primarily in Europe during World War II,[2] in particular Italy, southern France, and Germany.,

The 442nd Regiment was the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of American warfare.[3] The 4,000 men who initially made up the unit in April 1943 had to be replaced nearly 2.5 times. In total, about 14,000 men served, earning 9,486 Purple Hearts. The unit was awarded eight Presidential Unit Citations (five earned in one month).[4]:201 Twenty-one of its members were awarded Medals of Honor.[2] Its motto was "Go for Broke".]

As I stated, it was a different time and you don't realize the hatred and thirst for revenge Americans had for Germany and Japan. You would have had to live at that time in order to understand. I did and I remember things that were said and done. It wasn't pretty..

Despite efforts by government officials to limit the impact, many Japanese Americans disposed of their assets for a fraction of true value before their forced relocation. (National Archives, image no. ARC 299687)

America entered the War as a still largely racist country. The South was still strictly segregated with black Americans denied civil rights and prevented from voting. America fought the War with a segregated military. The anti-Japanese prejudice of the time was often intense and was reflected in the disgraceful internment of Pacific-coast Japanese-Americans simply on grounds of their ethnicity. One interesting aspect is that with all this anti-Japanese feeling, it virtually disapperated after the War. And all kinds of restrictions on Asians as to citizenship, employment, uuniversity admission also disappeared]

I know you like defending white racism, just stop trying to convince everyone else that it wasn't what it really was...

 

[Hossfly]

CONFISCATIONS FROM JAPANESE-AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II

Internment was publicized as a national security measure responding to a military threat. Contemporary observers, however, wondered if internment was actually directed against an economic threat that some Americans saw in fellow Americans of Japanese descent. One half of employed Japanese-Americans on the West Coast were in agriculture. They were the largest force in California's fruit and vegetable markets; agricultural experts expected thirty-five percent of California's 1942 truck crops to come from Japanese-Americans.1 Japanese-American farms in 1940 were worth $72 million plus $6 million in equipment. Per acre their farms were worth $279.96, in contrast to the average value of $37.94 for all California farms. "I find no popular demand for the efforts to drive the so-called alien enemies from California," said one indignant attorney. "The clamor seems to come from chambers of commerce, Associated Farmers, and the newspapers notorious as spokesmen for reactionary interests. In view of this fact, effort should be made to determine whether there is any connection between the clamor for the dispossession of the Japanese farmers and the desire of these clamoring interests to get possession of the Japanese farms and the elimination of the Japanese competition."2 The attorney's analysis was shared by others. "The great cry of 'Kick the Japanese out of the Yakima Valley' is not due to fear of sabotage, it is due to economic reasons. As one person naively explained to me, 'The white farmer would have more land and more water if he could get rid of the Japanese, and he could demand a higher price for his farm produce.'"3 An editorial in Christian Century warned against "action whose real end is the destruction of Japanese competitors of American firms.

Confiscations from Japanese-Americans During World War II

Something to consider.

We were attacked and war declared on us by the Axis who wanted to to destroy us and rule the world. It was at a different time from the present. The decisions were made according to the situations It doesn't mean squat about hindsight.

Something to consider, Japanese were loyal American citizens whose Rights were trampled based on racism financial enrichment of whites and nothing more...
Japanese Americans earned more medals for bravery during the war than any other group of people...

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team is an infantry regiment of the United States Army, part of the Army Reserve. The regiment was a fighting unit composed almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought in World War II. Most of the families of mainland Japanese Americans were confined to internment camps in the United States interior. Beginning in 1944, the regiment fought primarily in Europe during World War II,[2] in particular Italy, southern France, and Germany.,

The 442nd Regiment was the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of American warfare.[3] The 4,000 men who initially made up the unit in April 1943 had to be replaced nearly 2.5 times. In total, about 14,000 men served, earning 9,486 Purple Hearts. The unit was awarded eight Presidential Unit Citations (five earned in one month).[4]:201 Twenty-one of its members were awarded Medals of Honor.[2] Its motto was "Go for Broke".]

As I stated, it was a different time and you don't realize the hatred and thirst for revenge Americans had for Germany and Japan. You would have had to live at that time in order to understand. I did and I remember things that were said and done. It wasn't pretty..

Despite efforts by government officials to limit the impact, many Japanese Americans disposed of their assets for a fraction of true value before their forced relocation. (National Archives, image no. ARC 299687)

America entered the War as a still largely racist country. The South was still strictly segregated with black Americans denied civil rights and prevented from voting. America fought the War with a segregated military. The anti-Japanese prejudice of the time was often intense and was reflected in the disgraceful internment of Pacific-coast Japanese-Americans simply on grounds of their ethnicity. One interesting aspect is that with all this anti-Japanese feeling, it virtually disapperated after the War. And all kinds of restrictions on Asians as to citizenship, employment, uuniversity admission also disappeared]

I know you like defending white racism, just stop trying to convince everyone else that it wasn't what it really was...

Whatever.

 

[reconmark]

Yet many scholars came to believe that this order was a "day of infamy" as far as the Constitution and civil rights were concerned. The people forced into camps were deprived of their liberty, a basic freedom of the American Constitution.

The barracks at the Santa Anita reception center, Los Angeles County, California. Photo Credit: Library of Congress.
The government called these camps "relocation centers." Surrounded by barbed wire and guarded by armed soldiers, families lived in poorly built, overcrowded barracks . The barracks themselves had no running water and little heat. There was almost no privacy, and everyone had to use public bathrooms.