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Opinion: 'Racist' Hawaiian recognition bill
Thursday, September 22, 2005
"Does Hawaii want to secede from the Union? That sounds like a preposterous question, but the
official Office of Hawaiian Affairs advertises on its website that the legislation scheduled to be voted on soon in the U.S. Senate will give Native Hawaiians "self-determination" to choose "total independence" or any other form of government.
Hawaii is asking the U.S. Senate to create a Hawaiian race-based government for persons with Native Hawaiian blood living anywhere in the United States. I'm not making this up; it's real.
According to S. 147, a Native Hawaiian is anyone of the "indigenous, native people of Hawaii" who is a "direct lineal descendant of the aboriginal, indigenous, native people" who resided in the Hawaiian Islands before 1893 and "exercised sovereignty" in that region. That convoluted definition must have been written by lawyers."
Get the Story:
Phyllis Schlafly: With Racist Proposal, Does Hawaii Plan to Secede from U.S.?
(Human Events 9/21)
Rice v. Cayetano Resources:
Abstract, Audio
and More
Rice v. Cayetano Election Rights Decision:
Syllabus |
Opinion
|
Concurrence
Dissent
(Stevens) |
Dissent
(Ginsburg)
Michelle Malkin Column:
Apartheid in
Hawaii: Which Side is John Roberts on? (August 4, 2005)
Heritage Foundation Forum:
Native
Hawaiian Sovereignty Act: A Step Toward Secession? (August 30, 2005)
Senate Republican Policy Paper:
Why Congress
Must Reject Race-Based Government for Native Hawaiians (June 2005)
Office of Hawaiian Affairs Decision:
Arakaki
v. Lingle (August 31, 2005)
School Admission Policy Decision:
Doe
v. Kamehameha Schools (August 2, 2005)
Native Hawaiian Recognition Bill:
Native
Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005 (S.147)
Relevant Links:
Kamehameha Schools -
http://www.ksbe.eduNative
Hawaiian Sovereignty Site -
http://www.hawaii-nation.org
Native Hawaiian Federal Recognition Site -
http://www.nativehawaiians.com
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