Naliielua v. State of Hawaii

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• holding that the United States' commitment to the native people of this state [Hawaii], demonstrated through the Admission Act and the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, does not create a suspect classification which offends the constitution
• holding that the United States' commitment to the native people of this state [Hawaii], demonstrated through the Admission Act and the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, does not create a suspect classification which offends the constitution
• “Native Hawaiians are people indigenous to the State of Hawaii, just as American Indians are indigenous to the mainland United States.”
• “the court notes that the state, in administering the [HHCA], is implementing an obligation which ‘is rooted in federal law, and the power to enforce that obligation is contained in federal law.’ ”

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