What was the effect of korematsu v. United States

Internment camps were affirmed as legal.

Explanation:

President Franklin Roosevelt ordered an executive (9066) order to the US army to ban the American Citizens who have Japanese ancestry. More than 10,000 citizens were moved to the internment camps that were specially designed for the Japanese ancestry American citizens.

Against this order, Fred Korematsu who is an American with Japanese ancestry refused to move to the camp from his home. He was considered to be convicted for not obeying the president's order. After so many hearing in the district and high courts, finally, his case appealed in the supreme court in 1944.

A 6-3 out of 9 rulings by different judges on the court the majority held back his conviction. Also, they mentioned in the ruling that it is legal to cut down the civil rights immediately when is a racial group is considered to be the suspect.