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Jackson notably opposed the Supreme Court's decision in which case regarding internment?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Korematsu v. United States
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Answer
Korematsu v. United States was a landmark 1944 Supreme Court case that upheld the U.S. government's authority to forcibly intern Japanese Americans during World War II. The decision was highly controversial and ultimately overturned in 1983. Justice Frank Murphy dissented at the time, writing that the decision was a "legalization of racism."
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