The Constitution of the United States states: "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, to establish justice, to secure tranquility interior, to provide for the common defense, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. (Quoted from a transcription of the U.S. Constitution). The primary purpose of the U.S. Constitution is to establish fundamental and equal rights for all citizens of the United States. Membership in a minority group on the basis of culture, religion or race is not a violation of the Constitution. In wartime, the evacuation of only certain minority groups is NOT constitutional; however, the evacuation of ALL U.S. citizens to prescribed military areas is warranted. In the months immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the minority group of Japanese Americans, who were of the same race as the enemy empire, received the order, "the Exclusion Order Civil No. 34,” to evacuate their homes on the west coast. In the case of “Korematsu V. the United States,” Korematsu fought for his constitutional right as an American citizen. Arrested under Exclusion Order No. 34 of Congressional Act; he appealed his case all the way to the Supreme Court. However, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court has rightly highlighted essential points regarding times of war, which cannot be overlooked; However, the dissenting justices provided compelling support for Korematsu's constitutional rights, the government's disguised goal of segregating and interning anyone of Japanese-American descent, and the Americans' political mismanagement of Japanese origin and racial discrimination. of paper...of an individual does not justify the disloyalty of an entire minority group to which he belongs. The government's actions may have been well-intentioned, concerned with the security of the nation; but, with its decision to exclude only Japanese Americans, the government presented impoverished constitutional rights, political injustice, and racial discrimination to a minority group, none of which has a place in democracy , the Constitution and the way of life of the United States. Charles. “Citizens behind the barbed wire”. Nation 154.23 (1942): 649-651. Premier Academic Research. Internet. November 25, 2011.Justin. “Why FDR Did What He Did.” US News & World Report 144.14 (2008): 34-35. Premier Academic Research. Internet. November 25, 2011. Fung, Mark T. “The Effect of War on American Soil.” Christian Science Monitor 93.218 (2001): 21. Academic Research Premier. Internet. November 25. 2011