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===Tenure on the Supreme Court===

===Tenure on the Supreme Court===

As a jurist, he is perhaps best known for his strong dissent in the case [[Korematsu v. United States]], which controversially held as [[Constitutional|constitutional]] the internment of Japanese-Americans during [[World War II]]. Murphy referred to the ruling as the "legalization of racism", saying, "Racial discrimination in any form and in any degree has no justifiable part whatever in our democratic way of life ... All residents of this nation are kin in some way by blood or culture to a foreign land. Yet they are primarily and necessarily a part of the new and distinct civilization of the United States. They must accordingly be treated at all times as the heirs of the American experiment and as entitled to all the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/US/323/323.US.214.22.html|format=HTML|title=TOYOSABURO KOREMATSU v. UNITED STATES.|work=public.resource.org|accessdate=02-23-2011|language=English|last=Murphy|first=Frank|date=12-18-1944}}</ref>

President Roosevelt again called Murphy to service - this time to serve on the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]], possibly to remove the chance of Murphy challenging him in a political race.<ref name="bak"/>

{{Cquote|“The law knows no finer hour than when it cuts through formal concepts and transitory emotions to protect unpopular citizens against discrimination and persecution.”|4=Frank Murphy}}

As a jurist, he is perhaps best known for his strong dissent in the case [[Korematsu v. United States]], which controversially held as [[Constitutional|constitutional]] the internment of Japanese-Americans during [[World War II]]. Murphy referred to the ruling as the "legalization of racism", saying, "Racial discrimination in any form and in any degree has no justifiable part whatever in our democratic way of life ... All residents of this nation are kin in some way by blood or culture to a foreign land. Yet they are primarily and necessarily a part of the new and distinct civilization of the United States. They must accordingly be treated at all times as the heirs of the American experiment and as entitled to all the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/US/323/323.US.214.22.html|format=HTML|title=TOYOSABURO KOREMATSU v. UNITED STATES.|work=public.resource.org|accessdate=02-23-2011|language=English|last=Murphy|first=Frank|date=12-18-1944}}</ref> Murphy also used the phrase "the ugly abyss of racism" - the first time the word "[[racism]]" was used in a Supreme Court opinion.<ref name="bak"/>

During Court recesses, Murphy's desire to be part of the war effort led him to serve as an infantry officer in Fort Benning, [[Georgia]].<ref name="oyez"/>

During Court recesses, Murphy's desire to be part of the war effort led him to serve as an infantry officer in Fort Benning, [[Georgia]].<ref name="oyez"/>