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  • Interview with director Ling Woo Liu

    Interview with director Ling Woo Liu

    Posted on May 21, 2010 | No Comments
    From the popular Angry Asian Man blog: Gather ’round, because it’s time to meet another Angry Reader of the Week, spotlighting you, the very special readers of this website. Over the years, I’ve been able to connect with a lot of cool folks, and this is...

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  • Korematsu Day bill passes on Assembly Floor

    Korematsu Day bill passes on Assembly Floor

    Posted on May 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Update: the Fred Korematsu Day bill passed on the California Assembly Floor Thursday morning with an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 69-0! From here it will move to the Senate in June. Stay tuned!! Here’s the Associated Press story: Calif. bill would honor WWII internment challenger...

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  • Korematsu case in Wash Post article about judicial activism

    Korematsu case in Wash Post article about judicial activism

    Posted on May 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Recent High Court Cases Revive Debate on Judicial Activism By Robert Barnes Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, May 3, 2010 Sometimes, like a spouse, a Supreme Court justice will hold onto the words of another just so he can throw them back in the future.  (Read...

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  • Fred Korematsu Day passes first stage in California legislature

    Fred Korematsu Day passes first stage in California legislature

    Posted on May 5, 2010 | No Comments
    (Pictured: Korematsu Institute director Ling Woo Liu, Assemblymember Warren Furutani, Fred Korematsu’s daughter Karen Korematsu on May 5, 2010 in Sacramento) The Fred Korematsu Day bill passed today in the California Assembly Education Committee, with a bipartisan vote of 8-0. From here, it will be...

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  • San Leandro campus to be named after Korematsu

    San Leandro campus to be named after Korematsu

    Posted on November 30, 2009 | No Comments
    UPDATE DEC. 15: In unanimous decision, San Leandro School Board tonight named new 9th grade campus after Fred Korematsu. The new freshman campus of San Leandro High School may be named after Fred Korematsu, according to a story in The Oakland Tribune. The school district...

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  • Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Korematsu

    Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Korematsu

    Posted on July 17, 2009 | No Comments
    Gwen Muranaka writes yesterday on the Rafu Shimpo website about Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s response to a question by Senator Russ Feingold about the Korematsu case:

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  • Attorney General Mentions Korematsu Case

    Attorney General Mentions Korematsu Case

    Posted on April 16, 2009 | No Comments
    Attorney General Eric Holder mentions the Korematsu case during his remarks at West Point’s Center for the Rule of Law Grand Opening Conference: Of course, our nation has not always been immune to the impulse to sacrifice the timeless principles of the rule of law...

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