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Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order · Dec 13, 2025
Episode 6: A Reckoning
“Justice Department lawyer who warned that suppressing evidence would constitute misconduct; later testified in support of overturning convictions”
Japanese American Incarceration (WWII)Coram Nobis Legal RemedyGovernment Evidence Suppression
View AnalysisRachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order · Dec 13, 2025
Episode 5: Sheep and Goats
“Senior DOJ lawyer who discovered suppressed evidence and warned Solicitor General about illegal cover-up of Ringel Report”
Japanese American Internment During WWIIGovernment Suppression of EvidenceSupreme Court Cases: Korematsu, Yasui, Hirabayashi, Endo
View AnalysisRachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order · Dec 8, 2025
Episode 3: One Drop
“Justice Department lawyer who refused to sign legal opinions endorsing mass incarceration based solely on race”
Japanese American Internment and Mass IncarcerationConstitutional Rights Suspension During WartimeRacial Classification and Citizenship Revocation
View AnalysisRachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order · Dec 1, 2025
Episode 2: The Jitters
“Justice Department lawyer; oversaw Alien Enemies Act enforcement; opposed internment as unconstitutional and unnecessary.”
Executive Order 9066 and Japanese American InternmentMilitary Authority vs. Constitutional RightsInstitutional Incompetence and Policy Capture
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