07-22-2019, 05:59 PM
Lisa,
The new, proposed, constitution can be read here..
From: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2016/02/2...-document/
Native Hawaiian convention adopts constitution
On that page it reads in part...
The Native Hawaiian constitutional convention this afternoon adopted a governing document that will go out to a vote for ratification.
The constitution, approved by an 88 to 30 vote with one abstention, apparently allows room for federal recognition by the U.S. government while holding out for the possibility of independence.
“We reaffirm the National Sovereignty of the Nation,” the preamble says. “We reserve all rights for Sovereignty and self-determination, including the pursuit of independence.”
Under the constitution, citizens of the nation are any descendents of the indigenous people who lived in Hawaii prior to 1778. It also says citizenship in the Native Hawaiian nation shall not affect one’s citizenship in the United States.
The government would be composed of an executive branch — led by a president and vice president and advised by an island council, plus a legislature with 43 members representing the islands and Native Hawaiians, as well as a judicial authority.
Opponents of the four-week-long convention, or aha, claim the event was predetermined to allow for federal recognition, or the nation within a nation model of government.
And if you follow the link I include above you can read a pdf copy of the entire document.
The constitution itself has not been ratified. There is a lot of controversy between groups of Hawaiians that oppose the approach the group that wrote this constitution took. That whole state within a state model verses an outright regaining of the islands. And, on top of all that, there is a lot of Americans that say that the entire thing is unconstitutional. So, at this point it's an idea, but one that will shed light on the questions you raise.
The new, proposed, constitution can be read here..
From: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2016/02/2...-document/
Native Hawaiian convention adopts constitution
On that page it reads in part...
The Native Hawaiian constitutional convention this afternoon adopted a governing document that will go out to a vote for ratification.
The constitution, approved by an 88 to 30 vote with one abstention, apparently allows room for federal recognition by the U.S. government while holding out for the possibility of independence.
“We reaffirm the National Sovereignty of the Nation,” the preamble says. “We reserve all rights for Sovereignty and self-determination, including the pursuit of independence.”
Under the constitution, citizens of the nation are any descendents of the indigenous people who lived in Hawaii prior to 1778. It also says citizenship in the Native Hawaiian nation shall not affect one’s citizenship in the United States.
The government would be composed of an executive branch — led by a president and vice president and advised by an island council, plus a legislature with 43 members representing the islands and Native Hawaiians, as well as a judicial authority.
Opponents of the four-week-long convention, or aha, claim the event was predetermined to allow for federal recognition, or the nation within a nation model of government.
And if you follow the link I include above you can read a pdf copy of the entire document.
The constitution itself has not been ratified. There is a lot of controversy between groups of Hawaiians that oppose the approach the group that wrote this constitution took. That whole state within a state model verses an outright regaining of the islands. And, on top of all that, there is a lot of Americans that say that the entire thing is unconstitutional. So, at this point it's an idea, but one that will shed light on the questions you raise.