The Supreme Court case Ex parte Endo (1944) ruled that:
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Correct answer: The government could not detain citizens who were conceded to be loyal
This ruling effectively brought an end to the internment. The Court stated that the WRA had no authority to detain a citizen whose loyalty was not in question, leading the Roosevelt administration to announce the reopening of the West Coast to Japanese Americans.
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