In the Supreme Court case Korematsu v. United States, the court decided that the Fourteenth Amendment

Question

did not apply to Korematsu because he was Japanese.
could be waived in a time of emergency such as war.
was null and void until after the end of the war.
protected Korematsu from military obligations.

Answer 1

In the Supreme Court case Korematsu v. United States, the court decided that the Fourteenth Amendment "could be waived in a time of emergency such as war." The ruling upheld the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, stating that the need to protect against espionage outweighed individual rights in this context. This decision has been widely criticized and is often seen as a regrettable example of racial discrimination in American jurisprudence.