Supreme Court denunciation of ruling upholding WWII internment bittersweet, Japanese-Americans say

For decades, Karen Korematsu has hoped and prayed that someday the U.S. Supreme Court would overturn its infamous 1944 decision upholding the mass incarceration of her father, Fred, and 120,000 others of Japanese descent during World War II.

But when the high court condemned that decision Tuesday, Korematsu was not overjoyed. She was disheartened.

"My heart sank," she said. "I feel the court all over again dishonored my father and what he stood for. To me what the Supreme Court did was substitute one injustice