The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of South Florida last week presented a trial reenactment of Minoru Yasui, a Japanese-American lawyer who challenged curfew and travel restrictions put in place as a result of the United States’ response to the Pearl Harbor attacks. The trial that ensued, the guilty verdict, and the appeals that followed tell a powerful story of our nation’s constitutional jurisprudence.
The reenactment included video from that time in the 1940’s, as well as a condensed version of the trial and appellate decisions. Judges Singhal, Usan, Izquierdo, Fahnestock and Kollra all had participating roles in the reenactment event.
