The basic facts of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1944 decision in Korematsu v. United States, which upheld President Franklin Roosevelt's wartime internment of Japanese-Americans, are well-known but still worth a sketch. That is because the case serves as an all-too-timely warning about how judicial deference to executive power has warped American law.

New York’s global visibility gives Mamdani a megaphone. By controlling agencies like the Mayor’s Office of International Affairs, he can engage directly with global networks, climate coalitions, and business groups — putting diplomatic and economic pressure on Washington without leaving City Hall.