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Editorial: Native Hawaiians never had a government
Thursday, August 4, 2005
"As a statement flouting the fundamental premise of the 15th Amendment - that most noble item forbidding racial discrimination in voting - you could not do much worse than the "Native Hawaiian" legislation now building steam in Congress.
Sponsored by Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, Senate Bill 147 would create a government exclusively for "native" Hawaiians, the determination of which in this racially well-melted state to be decided later.
Essentially alone in fighting off this terrible idea is Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. Kyl approaches his opposition from two fronts.
One is self-evident principle: Using Congress to create a "tribe" out of thin air is an affront to the very concept of equal protection before the law. Creating a native Hawaiian government, especially one lacking self-defining borders, establishes one set of laws for natives and another for "outsiders," even those who have lived for generations on the islands.
The other is practical: Native American tribes existed before the creation of the United States, and the accommodations sought for those tribes constitute an acknowledgment of realities as they existed at the time."
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School Admission Policy Decision:
Doe
v. Kamehameha Schools (August 2, 2005)
Rice v. Cayetano Election Rights Decision:
Syllabus |
Opinion
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Concurrence
Dissent
(Stevens) |
Dissent
(Ginsburg)
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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