Rights versus Responsibilities

After the Pearl Harbor attack, Fred Korematsu decided to defy President Franklin Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 requiring all Japanese-Americans to report to "internment" camps. He appealed his arrest as a violation of his constitutional rights. His case reached the United States Supreme Court in 1944. This game recreates that case.

Class Time  

"Korematsu v. US" can be played in a single 60-90 minute session.

Possible Reacting Game Pairings
This game can be used on its own, or with other games. These pairings are meant to be illustrative rather than exhaustive or prescriptive. One might pair this with Japanese Exclusion in California: 1906-1915, Japan: 1941, or Yalta: 1945.

Assignments
You can adjust the assignments based on the desired learning outcomes of your class. "Korematsu v. US" includes a criticism assignment.

Judges must decide on three key issues in the case and vote accordingly.

Class Size and Scalability 
This game is recommended for classes with 5-30+ students. The game scales proportionally with the ideal size being thirteen players (4 litigants and 9 judges). Adding more judges and clerks can be used to expand the game, along with running multiple instances at once.

If the number of players will exceed 16, then roles will be doubled as specified in a role assignment matrix in the Instructor's Manual. Tripling roles is possible.