The Akaka Bill

Michelle Malkin and guest poster Betsy Newmark have written about the Akaka Bill in Hawaii which would give "descendants of native Hawaiians the right to create a "Native Hawaiian governing entity" that will then negotiate with the federal government on possession of land."

As Newmark points out this bill is in direct violation of the 15th Amendment (which forbids racial restrictions on voting) and would also give rise to the very worrying notion of having to undergo blood testing to be eligible to vote- racial purity in other words. It's an absurd notion but as Newmark points out, the Supreme Court might not vote it down- McCain-Feingold anyone? Doesn't the Supreme Court know what it's job is?

It's very disappointing to hear that Bush is in favour of this measure.

Perhaps the solution to this Bill is to craft another one for descendants of the original white settlers of mainland USA, giving them preferential voting rights too. Genealogists could establish who was eligible and we could introduce blood tests to ensure that the whites were pure enough for special treatment.

Obviously, if sure a measure were even breathed of, the ACLU and goodness knows how many other groups would have a lawsuit frenzy. There wouldn't be a chance that anyone would want to be connected with such a proposal. Politicians would go out of their way to avoid even a hint of support for it and condemnations would ring out across the land. The unconstitutionality of it would be screamed from the rooftops. The 'N' word would be mentioned frequently. The Bill would obviously fail.

Sad that when you replace "white" with some other minority group, however, it's a different matter- then even the President will support it.