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Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order · Dec 30, 2025
Live community event: Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
“Japanese American who challenged incarceration constitutionality; Supreme Court case used to justify executive detention powers”
Japanese American Mass Incarceration (1942-1945)Executive Order 9066 and Constitutional ViolationsKorematsu v. United States Supreme Court Precedent
View AnalysisRachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order · Dec 13, 2025
Episode 6: A Reckoning
“Japanese American who resisted incarceration, convicted, and whose conviction was vacated in 1983 after Irons and Herzig-Yoshinaga discovered suppressed evidence”
Japanese American Incarceration (WWII)Coram Nobis Legal RemedyGovernment Evidence Suppression
View AnalysisRachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order · Dec 13, 2025
Episode 5: Sheep and Goats
“Young welder from Oakland who challenged internment in Supreme Court case that was decided without full evidence”
Japanese American Internment During WWIIGovernment Suppression of EvidenceSupreme Court Cases: Korematsu, Yasui, Hirabayashi, Endo
View AnalysisRachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order · Dec 8, 2025
Episode 4: "Like an Ordinary American"
“22-year-old welder who refused evacuation orders and challenged the policy in court, becoming one of four key Supreme Court cases.”
Japanese American Incarceration During World War IIConstitutional Rights and Due ProcessCivil Disobedience and Legal Challenge
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