[lbo-talk] Cuba petition

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That is in fact the rule required for classifications which (like race) receive "strict scrutiny" under the US Constitution. For such a classification to survive it must serve a "compelling interest" and be "narrowly tailoted:" to achieve that end. Unfortunately in US v. Korematsu, the S.Ct bought that the internment of the Nisei met that standard. It was not Justice Black's finest hour. Fred Korematsu is still alive, btw, spoke here in Chicago two weeks ago, expressing his concern about the treatment of Arab Americans and immigrants. jks

Michael Perelman <michael at ecst.csuchico.edu> wrote:perhaps, the standard to use might be the ratio between the danger a
country faces and they extremity of the measures that they use. for
example, United States faced little risk from the Japanese that they
interred. Cuba faces a far more serious danger.

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
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