PLOY BY INOUYE & AKAKA TO FAIL ?
Scare Tactic On Akaka Bill Never Worked
U.S. Court Appears On Verge Of Reversing Itself
Last year, when three judges of the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Kamehameha Schools must admit students of all races, Hawai`i Senator Daniel Inouye claimed if the so-called "Akaka bill" had been law already, it would have protected against a non-Hawaiian being admitted.
Of course, that is blatantly false.
Nothing in the Akaka bill would prevent such an occurance.
But the senator had hopes the temporary ruling by those three judges last year would scare those who didn't know better into supporting the Akaka bill.
His statement actually backfired, causing anger within the Hawaiian community.
Now that the strategy failed, is the ninth circuit court, with all 15 justices rehearing the case, preparing to reverse itself ?
And most importantly, was there an agreement behind the scenes from the beginning to orchestrate just such an outcome ?
The Honolulu Advertiser - Wednesday, February 22, 2006
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will rehear the case involving a non-Hawaiian student seeking to enroll at Kamehameha Schools.
The ruling today is a blow to the hopes of the unnamed non-Hawaiian student seeking to gain entrance to the school whose policy is aimed at admitting only students with Hawaiian blood.
The decision essentially sets aside for now a 2-1 decision by a three-member panel of the court that ruled in favor of the non-Hawaiian student on Aug. 2....
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http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Feb/22/br/br01p.html/?print=on
