University of Chicago Law School Chicago Unbound Journal Articles Faculty Scholarship 2018 National Security, National Origin, and the Constitution: 75 Years after EO9066 Geoffrey R. Stone Follow this and additional works at: https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/journal_articles Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Geoffrey R. Stone, "National Security, National Origin, and the Constitution: 75 Years after EO9066," 68 Case Western Reserve Law Review 1067 (2018). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at Chicago Unbound. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal Articles by an authorized administrator of Chicago Unbound. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Case W estern Reserve Law Review • Volume 68 • Issue 4 • 2018 N ational Sec u r ity , N ational O r ig in , and the C onstitution : 75 Y ears A fte r EO9066t Geoffrey R. Stonet I am honored to have the opportunity to address this issue, not only because of its importance in American history, but also because of the lessons we must learn from our own experience. It is essential for us to remember, perhaps especially at the present moment, what we as a nation are capable of. We must never forget that we are capa ble of doing things we might under other circumstances never imag ine. We must always be vigilant and we must always remember that “it” can happen here. As history teaches, war fever often translates into xenophobia. To some extent this is understandable, for in wartime individuals with a connection to an enemy nation are, in fact, more likely to pose risks of espionage, sabotage and subversion.