
	Where results make sense

Topic: Civil Liberties Act of 1988

Related Topics

Japanese American internment

Reparations

United States Department of Education

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Jonas Savimbi

Clark Kerr

Psychiatric hospital

Human rights

Gulf War

Realigning election

War on drugs

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Alien

Congress of the United States

Ronald Reagan

In the News (Thu 26 Nov 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Encyclopedia: Japanese American internment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Alien Registration Act or Smith Act (18 USC 2385) of 1940 made it a criminal offense for anyone to knowingly or wilfully advocate, abet, advise, or teach the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing the Government of the United States or of any State by force or violence...
		Beginning around the 1960s, a younger generation of Japanese Americans who felt energized by the Civil Rights movement began what is known as the "Redress Movement", an effort to obtain an official apology and reparations from the federal government for interning their parents and grandparents during the war.
		On September 27, 1992, the Amendment of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing an additional $400 million in benefits, was signed into law by President George H. Bush, who also issued another formal apology from the U.S. government.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Japanese-American-internment (6897 words)

	Children of the Camps \| CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		As the Commission documents, these actions were carried out without adequate security reasons and without any acts of espionage or sabotage documented by the Commission, and were motivated largely by racial prejudice, wartime hysteria, and a failure of political leadership.
		The excluded individuals of Japanese ancestry suffered enormous damages, both material and intangible, and there were incalculable losses in education and job training, all of which resulted in significant human suffering for which appropriate compensation has not been made.
		For these fundamental violations of the basic civil liberties and constitutional rights of these individuals of Japanese ancestry, the Congress apologizes on behalf of the Nation.”
	www.pbs.org /childofcamp/history/civilact.html (296 words)

	ELIGIBILITY OF INVOLUNTARY WARTIME RELOCATEES TO JAPAN FOR REDRESS UNDER THE CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT OF 1988
		The proposed change would extend redress under the Act to minors who accompanied their parents to Japan during World War II and to adults who are able to show that their relocation to Japan during that period was involuntary.
		The compensatory character of the Act's grant of reparations to specific individuals of Japanese descent interned by the government is of a different nature than a general waiver of immunity in actions that will be brought by unknown plaintiffs.
		Because section 104 of the Act provides for payments to be made in order of date of birth, with no more than $500 million to be paid in any year, the newly eligible claimants could "bump" other eligible claimants, delaying or jeopardizing their payments.
	www.usdoj.gov /olc/14815mem.htm (2996 words)

	Internment of Japanese Americans in Concentration Camps
		Civil Liberties Act of 1988, "Restitution for World War II internment of Japanese-Americans and Aleuts," 50 App.
		The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 authorized an apology and reparations of $20,000 each to Japanese-Americans who were interned during the war, but the Act applied only to American citizens or permanent U.S. residents..
		The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 began providing eligible Japanese Americans with an apology from the U.S. government and $20,000 in reparations for the loss of liberty and destruction of property suffered at the hands of U.S. officials.
	academic.udayton.edu /race/02rights/intern01.htm (3655 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Freedom of Information Act
		Following the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon by international terrorists on September 11, 2001, Congress passed the USA Patriot...
		Historically, American women have been denied their civil rights in suffrage (they were unable to vote until a 1920 constitutional amendment),...
		Members of the Sons of Liberty, a patriotic secret society, were particularly active in opposing the imposition of the stamp tax, and they led a...
	encarta.msn.com /Freedom_of_Information_Act.html (242 words)

	Fifth Amendment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Civil Liberties Act of 1988, 50 U.S.C. App.
		This Act, the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, and the Courts have denied redress to Americans who suffered the same harms but whose ethnicity is not Japanese.
		Unbeknownst to many researchers, historians, or legal scholars is the fact that in 1993 the Office of Redress Administration (ORA) of the Department of Justice made at least 75 exceptions to this law for persons of Japanese ancestry who entered camps voluntarily, that is to say these 75 persons were not forcibly interned.
	www.foitimes.com /internment/doj.htm (152 words)

	Untitled Document
		As soon as they were set at liberty, many outraged Japanese Americans looked to their government for some redress of the grave injustice and material loss they had suffered in the internment process.
		After years of Congressional debate, the Civil Liberties Act was finally accepted by the House of Representatives on August 4, 1988 and sent to President Reagan for his approval (Hatamiya 58).
		I believe the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 is significant because it was a sincere attempt on the part of the U.S. government to redress the fundamental injustice of the internment and evacuation of Japanese Americans solely on the basis of their race.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~hist32/History/S06%20-%20Civil%20Liberties%20Act%20of%201988.htm (950 words)

	WWII Violations of German American Civil Liberties by the US Government
		Pursuant to the Alien Enemy Act of 1798 (50 USC 21-24), which remains in effect today, the US may apprehend, intern and otherwise restrict the freedom of "alien enemies" upon declaration of war or actual, attempted or threatened invasion by a foreign nation.
		Civil liberties may be completely ignored because enemy aliens have no protection under this 202- year-old law.
		Civil Liberties Education Fund established to fund projects relating to public education regarding the Japanese American experience.
	www.foitimes.com /internment/gasummary.htm (3161 words)

	NOW with Bill Moyers. Politics & Economy. Civil Liberties after 9/11: Timeline \| PBS
		The Alien Act and the Alien Enemies Act gave the President the power to imprison or deport aliens suspected of activities posing a threat to the national government.
		Civil War scholars generally point to the large pockets of anti-war sentiment in the Union states as a justification for his wartime suspension of civil liberties.
		With the The Civil Liberties Act of 1988: Redress for Japanese Americans the U.S. apologized to Japanese Americans for this grave injustice and this Act was signed into law, authorizing the payments of $20,000 to each person who had been evacuated in the 1940s.
	www.pbs.org /now/politics/timeline.html (1312 words)

	STATEMENT OF U.S. SENATOR DANIEL K. AKAKA JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE OF HONOLULU AWARDS CEREMONY ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 is one of the most solemn pieces of legislation I have had the opportunity to support during my service in Congress.
		In passing the Act, the United States Government admitted a terrible wrong and entered into a sacred compact with its citizens who had been unjustifiably deprived of their liberty solely because of their ancestry.
		I was proud to cosponsor the Civil Liberties Act and work with Senator Spark Matsunaga, Senator Inouye, and Congressmen Mineta and Matsui as they built support for the Civil Liberties Act in the Congress.
	www.senate.gov /~akaka/speeches/980829.html (554 words)

	ORA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Attorney General Dick Thornburgh established the Office of Redress Administration in September 1988, that identified all the people who were eligible for compensation under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.
		The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 provided existing survivors and direct descendants of the displaced Japanese Americans with approximately $20,000 compensation.
		But because the act specifies that no more than $500,000,000 may be appropriated in one year, not all payments were made at one time.
	www.mcps.k12.md.us /schools/springbrookhs/rights/JA/ora.htm (195 words)

	Wartime Parity and Justice Act of 2005
		This Act may be cited as the `Wartime Parity and Justice Act of 2005'.
		(a) Reestablishment of Fund- The Civil Liberties Public Education Fund (in this Act referred to as the `Fund') is reestablished in the Treasury of the United States, and shall be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury.
		In this Act, the terms `evacuation, relocation, or internment period' and `permanent resident alien' have the meanings given those terms in section 108 of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (50 U.S.C. App.
	www.theorator.com /bills109/hr893.html (1224 words)

	CLPEF Background
		As a part of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, the U.S. Congress authorized the establishment of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund (CLPEF):
		As the Commission documents, these actions were carried out without adequate security reasons and without any acts ofespionage or sabotage documented by the Commission, and were motivated largely by racial prejudice, wartime hysteria, and a failure of political leadership.
		The Congress recognizes that, as described by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, a grave injustice was done to both citizens and permanent resident aliens of Japanese ancestry by the evacuation, relocation, and internment of civilians during World War II.
	www.momomedia.com /CLPEF/backgrnd.html (2869 words)

	CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 442, CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT OF 1988
		The conference report extends a formal apology to the more than 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry, including at least 1,000 Japanese Americans from Hawaii, who were interned and deprived of their civil liberties.
		These Americans of Japanese ancestry were "guilty until proven innocent." They were denied their liberty and property without due process of law, a violation of their constitutional right.
		There is no adequate financial compensation for the fundamental violation of civil liberties and the humiliation that those individuals suffered.
	bss.sfsu.edu /internment/Congressional%20Records/19880803.html (3837 words)

	Campaign for Justice: What We Do
		Because the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was not interpreted to include JLAs, we were denied proper redress.
		Moreover, the educational mandate of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 has not been fulfilled with 90% of the education funds (totaling $45 million) still owed to the American public.
		Fulfill the education mandate of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 by authorizing $45 million to reestablish the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund to ensure that this chapter in our nation's history will be better understood and remembered.
	www.campaignforjusticejla.org /whatwedo (795 words)

	US CODE--TITLE 50, APPENDIX--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
		This title [sections 1989b to 1989b-9 of this Appendix] may be cited as the "Civil Liberties Act of 1988".
		There is established in the Treasury of the United States the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund, which shall be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury.
		Subject to sections 104(e) and 105(g) of this title [sections 1989b-3(e) and 1989b-4(g) of this Appendix] and except as provided in subsection (b), beginning on October 1, 1990, the payments to be made to any eligible individual under the provisions of this title [sections 1989b to 1989b-9 of this Appendix] shall be an entitlement.
	www.access.gpo.gov /uscode/title50a/50a_69_1_1_.html (3692 words)

	ipedia.com: Japanese American Internment Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On June 28, 1940 the Alien Registration Act of 1940 (or Smith Act) is passed, Section 31 required the registration and fingerprinting of aliens above the age of 14, Section 35 required reports of change of address within 5 days.
		On September 27 1992: PL 102-371 (H.R. 4551) the Amendment of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, and an additional $400 million in benefits was signed into law by President George H. Bush, who also issued another formal apology from the U.S. government.
		The case, however, is regarded as an impetus for the 1988 Civil Liberties Act.
	www.ipedia.com /japanese_american_internment.html (3501 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: Malkin's Defense of Internment by Jamie Glazov
		The American-Japanese Evacuation Claims Act of 1948 authorized payment of more than $37 million to ethnic Japanese who made any claim for damage to or loss of property because of evacuation or exclusion.
		Civil liberties absolutists have invoked the “racist” World War II evacuation and relocation of ethnic Japanese to attack virtually every homeland security initiative, large and small, aimed at protecting
		While we should never be contemptuous of civil liberties, we ought not make a fetish of them either.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=14944 (1473 words)

	Historical Documents and Speeches - Civil Liberties Act of 1988 - Enacted by the United States Congress August 10, 1988
		Many members of the Japanese American community were determined to create a public understanding of the injustices they had suffered and to resolve the basic Constitutional issues related to their wartime incarceration.
		Japanese Americans began the fight for monetary compensation for losses as a result of evacuation through the early 1948 claims act, and later through a 1983 Class Action lawsuit.
		I call upon the American people to affirm with me this American Promise -- that we have learned from the tragedy of that long-ago experience forever to treasure liberty and justice for each individual American, and resolve that this kind of action shall never again be repeated.
	www.historicaldocuments.com /CivilLibertiesActof1988.htm (1139 words)

	eactivist -- Current Legislation
		Official Title as Introduced: 'To allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly to the United States from countries in Latin America during World War II and were interned in the United States to be provided restitution under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, and for other purposes.
		States that certain individuals covered by this Act shall not be considered to have been unlawfully present in the United States during the evacuation, relocation, or internment period.
		Reestablishes in the Treasury the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund, establishes a board of directors for the Fund, and sets forth permissible uses for Fund disbursements, including sponsorship of research and public education activities.
	www.eactivist.org /eactivist/bill.xc?billnum=H.R.893&congress=109 (376 words)

	civilrights.org -- OCA Statement on the Passing of President Ronald Reagan
		The Amerasian Immigration Act is also known as the Amerasian Homecoming Act of 1982 and sought to admit children born in five Asian countries between 1962 and 1976 to Vietnamese mothers and American fathers, together with their immediate relatives to the United States.
		Full U.S. citizenship for Vietnamese Amerasians born between 1962 and 1976 and their families was later added in an amendment to the act in 1988.
		The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was the culmination of studies conducted by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians created by President Jimmy Carter in 1980.
	www.civilrights.org /issues/immigration/details.cfm?id=23348 (407 words)

	George Bush Presidential Library and Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Today I am pleased to sign into law H.R. 4551, the ``Civil Liberties Act Amendments of 1992.'' This legislation fulfills the commitment that this country made in 1988 to individuals of Japanese ancestry who were interned or relocated during World War II, and to their families.
		In the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, the United States apologized for the wrongful internment and relocation of innocent, loyal individuals and promised monetary compensation to each such person (or his or her heirs).
		H.R. 4551 also makes important technical amendments to the 1988 Act, which will help to ensure fair treatment of claimants and smooth administration of this program.
	bushlibrary.tamu.edu /research/papers/1992/92092704.html (198 words)

	NCRR - Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress
		August 10, 1988, was a historic day, for it symbolized hope that our country has perhaps learned a lesson about protecting the rights of its citizens and other residents during times of great crisis.
		August 10 was the date on which the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (CLA) was signed into law, which was our government_s act to acknowledge that it had committed a tremendous wrong against Japanese Americans and the Constitution during World War II, and to seek a way to make amends.
		Immediately after September 11, Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR) initiated a candlelight vigil in order to allow the Japanese American community a way to express its sympathy and sorrow for those who died and for their loved ones.
	www.ncrr-la.org /news/9_7_02/8.html (1077 words)

	The Civil Liberties Act of 1988: Redress for Japanese Americans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (the Act), the statutory sunset date for the redress program was August 10, 1998.
		Since ORA was unable to make a determination of eligibility or ineligibility for their claims, these cases were filed as pending for the possibility of future processing in the event additional funding was obtained through legislation.
		The additional funding was provided by Congress in Section 3021 of the FY 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. To date, the Civil Rights Division has found several claimants, whose cases were pending at the end of the program due to incomplete documentation, to be eligible under the Act.
	www.global-alliance.net /SFPT/ApplicationOf1988CivilLibertiesAct.htm (459 words)

	Civil Rights - Law and History/Japanese American Internment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On August 10, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.
		The Act was passed by Congress to provide a Presidential apology and symbolic payment of $20,000.00 to the internees, evacuees, and persons of Japanese ancestry who lost liberty or property because of discriminatory action by the Federal government during World War II.
		The Act also created the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund to help teach children and the public about the internment period.
	www.usdoj.gov /kidspage/crt/redress.htm (358 words)

	Wartime Parity and Justice Act of 2001
		S. To allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly to the United States from countries in Latin America during World War II and were interned in the United States to be provided restitution under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, and for other purposes.
		This Act may be cited as the `Wartime Parity and Justice Act of 2001'.
		(2) An individual who was an eligible individual under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 before the date of the enactment of this Act and who was eligible for, but did not receive, payment under that Act before the termination of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund under section 104(d) of that Act.
	www.theorator.com /bills107/s1237.html (1227 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)