Listen to the podcast here and read the transcript on slate.com.

Don Tamaki joined U.S. District Court Judge Edward M. Chen as guests on Dahlia Lithwick’s “Amicus” podcast to explore what lessons we can learn from history when the Justice Department has been complicit in a cover-up.

The incarceration of tens of thousands of Japanese Americans in the 1940s is one of the most shameful acts in American history. Judge Chen and Tamaki, members of the Korematsu legal team, discuss the overlooked context, corruption, and cover-up that enabled the policy, and to examine how the Supreme Court has yet to fully contend with the legacy of Korematsu v United States. They also unpack the lessons the case offers for the present moment.

Donald K. Tamaki is a Senior Counsel at Minami Tamaki LLP. Prior to January 1, 2021, he was the firm’s Managing Partner. In 2017, Don helped create the StopRepeatingHistory.org public awareness campaign dedicated to educating the public about the dangers of unbridled presidential overreach.

The campaign connected the dots between the hostility to Muslims, Arabs, and immigrants to the past discrimination against Chinese and Japanese Americans to help warn this country about the dangers demonizing marginalized groups presents to our democracy. The Stop Repeating History campaign is a project of the Minami Tamaki Yamauchi Kwok & Lee (MTYKL) Foundation.