Is February 19, 1942 a Day of Infamy?

Under the provisions of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, relocating the west coast Japanese, on February 19th 1942. What is the current political context entwining the 75th anniversary of this decision? Both Time magazine and the New York Times on November 17, 2016 ominously analogized the […]