n as a threat in WWII. The rights of the Japanese as American citizens were taken away, and this can and will happen again. This is an important factor in the Constitution, because the government must be able to protect the country and it's citizens in times of war even if it means unintentionally making innocent people suffer. Still, what happened to the Japanese-Americans was a horrible error which was not realized until too late, because they really did not threaten national safety. Their forced internment was unethical and should have been more carefully planned. The Japanese-Americans were evacuated because of their ancestry, but this does not mean the internment was necessarily racist. It was not hatred of their race that caused their mistaken relocation, but instead their relation to an enemy country. Another cause was the lack of understanding of their loyalties on the part of the government, who saw their foreign culture and language as signs that they were not part of and loyal to American society. The War Power Clause is important, but it can be dangerous when it results in unnecessary events like the Japanese-American internment. The best that can be done now is to realize what the mistakes were and to learn from them. ...
