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The Importance Of President Roosevelt's Executive Order

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Roosevelt 's executive order 9066, was legal because the executive order was issued during war, Some might say it was illegal because it was going against ‘equal protection of the law ' clause of the 14th Amendment. Supreme Court justified the executive order as a wartime necessity (http://www.ushistory.org/us/51e.asp.). Laws can also give additional powers to the President but when using an executive order, the Congress can override it with a new law. In section 1 of the 14th amendment, it states that all natural citizens should be treated fairly and there should be no state enforcing a law to abridge the rights and privileges of citizens; without due process of laws. Therefore, President Roosevelt created an executive order, creating the
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