Civil LibertiesCivil liberties are defined as your individual rights protected by law against unjust interference by government or otherwise. During World War II, the civil liberties of Japanese and American citizens were severely trampled and violated. They were forced to leave their homes and sent to internment camps. Many questions arise as to how and why this happened. How did the Supreme Court view this in the 1940s? How does he see it now? What forms of resistance have these policies provoked? And what is the relationship between the situation following the Pearl Harbor attacks and those of September 11, 2001? Did the Supreme Court View the Internment of Japanese-American Citizens as Lawful? During 1944, the Supreme Court upheld Executive Order 9066 following numerous cases brought by Japanese Americans. For example, Minoru Yasui v. United States, a Japanese-American lawyer from Oregon who resigned after the Pearl Harbor attacks to return to Oregon after working in Chicago. He was arrested for violating the curfew set by the decree. He was sentenced to one year in prison. In...