On December 18, 1944, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision in the case of Ex parte Endo, which has reverberated through history as a crucial moment in the fight for civil liberties in ...

In Endo’s case — Ex parte Mitsuye Endo — the court unanimously ruled on Dec. 18, 1944, that the government could not detain citizens who were loyal to the United States. Yet Endo ...

Put my liberty and life and profession on the line? I’m not sure.” The case, Ex parte Endo, took years to wend through the court system. During that time, the government offered Endo Tsutsumi ...

Though Ex parte Endo — the decision reached in Tsutsumi’s case — emerged in the context of Japanese-American incarceration, Nagae said, it applies to all Americans regardless of descent.

Her sacrifice was not in vain: On Dec. 18, 1944, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Ex parte Endo, holding unanimously that loyal Japanese Americans could not be imprisoned without cause. Endo played ...

Put my liberty and life and profession on the line? I’m not sure.” The case, Ex parte Endo, took years to wend through the court system. During that time, the government offered Endo Tsutsumi ...