error had resulted from suppression of evidence, destruction of evidence, and presentation of false and misleading information to the Supreme Court of the United States by the Federal Government. Minoru Yasui died while his case was in the process of appeal, and, as such, he never received an evidentiary hearing. (24) President Ronald W. Reagan— (A) urged Congress to pass the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 ( 50 U.S.C. App. 1989b et seq.), which apologized for the incarceration of Japanese Americans and authorized payment to the survivors, saying the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was needed to end a sad chapter in American history in a way that reaffirms America's commitment to the preservation of liberty and justice for all