Sacramento, CA

Program Summary

In April 2025, the Society partnered with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California and the McGeorge School of Law to bring The Supreme Court and My Hometown to the west coast. In Hometowns Sacramento, 30 students from 17 local high schools explored the federal judiciary through an intensive case study of Ex parte Endo (1944). Over the course of five days, the students learned from: 

• Five professors from four universities 
• Four federal judges 
• Four practicing attorneys
• Representatives from the office of the U.S. Marshal, U.S. Probation, and U.S. Pretrial Services 
• Japanese incarceration awareness advocates Dr. Karen Koremastu, Priscilla Ouchida, Marielle Tsukamoto, and Sharon Yamato 

Capstone Exhibit

At the end of the week, the students collaborated to create a six-panel exhibit on the historical context and impact of Ex parte Endo. The exhibit is on permanent display at the Justice Kennedy Learning Center in the Robert T. Matsui Courthouse.

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Panel 1: The Road to Japanese American Incarceration

Panel 2: Injustice in Motion

Panel 3: A Stand Against Injustice

Panel 4: Endo’s Habeas Petition, Appeal, & Relocation to Topaz

Panel 5: Ex parte Endo at the Supreme Court

Panel 6: Ex parte Endo’s Impact

Featured Image: Photograph of Mitsuye Endo at the Central Utah Relocation Center (National Archives)