i mean, korematsu v. united states was about racial prejudice, clearly, and those lessons need to be learned. that is what brings relevancy to it, especially this situation after 9/11. my father was one of the first people to speak up, along with the japanese-american citizens'league, when they talk about rounding up americans and putting them in concentration camps. susan: do you think korematsu would have been decided differently if roosevelt's court packing went through? peter: it actually did go through, because of the conservative justices he wanted to replace actually left the court died or retired -- they died or retired, so he replaced them with his own choices. in a sense, what we are indicting here, and i think it is an indictment of the court, is the assumption that if these are good, liberal civil liberties, civil rights supporters, how could they do something like this? there are two points to consider. one, as i pointed out earlier, is that they were motivated largely by patriotism. that it was not their

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karen: unfortunately, korematsu v. united states in 1944 is more relevant today than it was then. currently, the lessons in many cases have not been learned. we keep, you know, repeating these mistakes. four justice scalia to make that quote now is very scary. that is why it is so important that we teach these lessons of history, so that we do not keep making these mistakes. supreme court rule should not be in times of war, the law falls silent. there is nothing wrong with the constitution, as people try to change it, it is some of the people who try to interpret it for their own use. my father felt like it applied to him, as it should for all americans. susan: another lesson about the court is that people can appeal cases. korematsu got to make it. what do you say about that? peter: you can take your case the highest court in the land. but that does not mean they will hear the case, they only hear about 1% of the cases that are brought up. or that they will rule in your favor. getting to the supreme court is the first step. the most important thing is how the court decides the ca

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