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Linda Chavez: GOP panders on Native Hawaiian bill
Thursday, September 1, 2005
Ed. Note: Linda Chavez was nominated for secretary of labor by President George W. Bush but had to withdraw when news reports disclosed that she hired a non-documented worker.
"Do Republicans actually stand for anything? I wonder sometimes, especially when GOP lawmakers make appeals to traditionally Democratic voters by trying to out-pander the Democrats. A handful of Senate Republicans are set to do so when Congress comes back after Labor Day and takes up a bizarre bill that could not only give the imprimatur to odious racial classifications but set the stage for secession for one state: Hawaii.
The bill, S. 147, has been bottled up for months, thanks to the efforts of Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., who has valiantly fought the legislation for years without much help from his fellow Republicans. The legislation would grant so-called native Hawaiians status akin to that of American Indian tribes, including a measure of self-government."
Get the Story:
Linda Chavez: 'Native Hawaiian'
(GOPUSA 9/1)
Senate Republican Policy Paper:
Why Congress
Must Reject Race-Based Government for Native Hawaiians (June 2005)
School Admission Policy Decision:
Doe
v. Kamehameha Schools (August 2, 2005)
Rice v. Cayetano Election Rights Decision:
Syllabus |
Opinion
|
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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