In 2000, the legislature of Guam created a Decolonization Registry, for the purpose of compiling a list of Guam residents who are descended from anyone who was living on Guam in 1898. The purpose of the Registry was to prepare for a plebiscite on the future political status of Guam. The legislature believed that such a vote should be limited to descendants of people who comprised Guam, in the year in which it fell under U.S. rule.
A resident of Guam, Arnold Davis, sued in 2012 in federal court to overturn the restriction on who could register for this plebiscite. He was not descended from anyone who had lived on Guam in 1898. The U.S. District Court in Guam ruled that the case was not ripe, because the law also said that no vote would be held until 70% of the eligible voters had signed up for the registry, and at the time only about 10% of the eligible voters had signed up. In 2015, the Ninth Circuit ruled that Davis had a right to a decision, regardless that the proposed vote was years away, and might never be held.
The Ninth Circuit sent the case back to the U.S. District Court, which ruled that the restriction on who could register violated the U.S. Constitution, specifically the 15th amendment. Guam appealed, and on October 10, 2018, the Ninth Circuit heard the case again, this time on the merits. The case is now Davis v Guam, 17-15719. The three judges who heard the case are Kim McLaine Wardlaw, Marsha Berzon, and Johnnie Rawlinson. Here is an article that explains the background of the Decolonization Registry.
Is there any news as to when the plebiscite will be held?
The plebiscite can’t be held until 70% of the eligible voters sign up. There was one Guam territorial legislator who was working very hard to persuade more voters to sign up, but he died, and since then there is no one working vigorously to sign up more voters.
DIRECT violation of the NO title of Nobility language — NO hereditary stuff.
Too many super dumb MORON hacks in governments to count — esp super-MORON USA judges.
BUT WAIT! Guam was a Spanish possession before it was a US possession. So, the plebiscite needs to be limited to those who can prove descent from residents of Guam before Magellan landed there. Did you know that during that Spanish period, Filipinos were imported onto the island, and mixed with the native Guamians?
GUAM RECORDS GO BACK TO ADAM AND EVE ???
WHEN DID ANY PAPER FOR RECORDS SHOW UP IN GUAM ???
SEE THE VICTORY AT SEA SHOW — GUAM LIBERATION 1944 — FROM JAPAN EMPIRE KILLERS/ENSLAVERS
DID ANY USA LAW CONVERT GUAM FOLKS INTO USA CITIZENS ???
SEE EARLIER USA TAKEOVERS —
1803 LA PURCHASE, 1819 FL, 1848 MEX-AM PEACE TREATY, ETC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam
top secret – how many nukes in the area.
MAJOR USA defense area in W. Pacific Ocean.
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USA Con Amdt-
Uniform definition of Elector-Voter in ALL of the USA
IE – Guam – western front line
Chamorros are the indigenous people of Guam.
Chamorros — long lost kids of Adam and Eve
— magically showing up on Guam ???
SCOTUS recently OVER-ruled Korematsu — a mere 74 years late.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korematsu_v._United_States
Are the Guam cases folks taking notice ???