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On the recordJune 10, 2009
the Supreme Court purposely narrowly defined the whole race issue under the 14th and 15th Amendments requirement as being race-based but totally ignored anything having to do with the history in terms of how Native Hawaiians are being considered by the Congress historically.
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Eni Faleomavaega
American Samoa

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Faleomavaega critiques the Supreme Court's narrow interpretation of race in relation to Native Hawaiians.

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