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Mitsuye Endo: A Japanese American Citizen's Fight Against Unconstitutional Internment
TLDR Mitsuye Endo, an American citizen of Japanese ancestry, challenged the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066 during World War II, leading to the Supreme Court ruling that her internment was unconstitutional. Her case continues to be significant in the ongoing debate over the balance of power between the executive branch and the courts.
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Mitsuye Endo was an American citizen born in Sacramento, California in 1920, who worked as a secretary for the government.
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Mitsuye Endo, an American citizen of Japanese ancestry, was fired from her job as a state employee due to Executive Order 9066, which allowed for the stripping of constitutional and civil rights from individuals of Japanese, Italian, or German ancestry during World War II.
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Mitsuye Endo, a Methodist of Japanese ancestry, was forcibly removed from her home and placed in an internment camp during World War II, eventually being separated from her family and forced into a detention center.
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Mitsuye Endo, despite her reluctance, agreed to be the test case for all Japanese Americans who were being unconstitutionally treated by the US during World War II.
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Mitsuye Endo's case challenging the constitutionality of executive order 9066 was known by the government and they initially wanted to let her out, but she refused and wanted to take the case all the way to the top in the court system.
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The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the internment of Mitsuye Endo was unconstitutional, which put pressure on Roosevelt to shut down the internment camps.
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Mitsuye Endo eventually settled in Chicago, got married, had three kids, and lived a low-profile life, while her son continued to practice law into his 80s; her case is still significant today in the ongoing debate over the balance of power between the executive branch and the courts.
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