unified Native Hawaiian government (if established) to enter into a formal government-to-government relationship with the U.S. government.In reversing its earlier 2006 position, the Commission recommended:Congress can acknowledge a government-to-government relationship with Native Hawaiians to confirm its intent to provide Native Hawaiians at least all the same federal benefits that Native Americans have. Congress should pass legislation to provide a process for the reorganization of a Native Hawaiian governing entity and to confirm the special political and legal relationship between the United States and such Native Hawaiian governing entity. Opposition Opposition to the Akaka Bill includes: Those who believe that the bill is unconstitutionally race-based; Those who believe the 'tribe' created via the Akaka Bill would shield corrupt trustees from prosecution; Those who believe that a school voucher system would allow Kamehameha Schools to serve all interested Hawaiian students and also admit non-Hawaiians thus eliminating the race-discrimination basis of the lawsuits; Those who believe that it could begin the process of secession of a single racial group from the United States; Those who believe the United States never legally annexed the Hawaiian Kingdom and that it has no jurisdiction over the territory and populace of the country; Those who believe that it could thwart the process of secession of Hawaii from the United States and the restoration of an independent Hawaiian nation controlled by native Hawaiians (native Hawaiian sovereignty activists); Hawaii's Attorney General Mark Bennett. The George W. Bush Administration, which issued a letter arguing against the earlier version of the bill; Aloha 4 All, a Hawaii-based civil rights group; The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, a Hawaii-based think-tank US Representatives who wrote a letter to the Speaker of the House and Majority Leader asking them to kill the Akaka Bill. The letter entailed three reasons for killing the bill: (1) The Constitution does not allow for a separate, sovereign, race-based government; (2) Practical issues have not been addressed such as how businesses could fairly compete with each other if one must for example pay state taxes and another must not; (3) Historical commitments do not support such a bill. For example, when Hawaii became a state there was broad congressional consensus and assurances given by the State of Hawaii that Native Hawaiians would not seek to be treated as a separate racial group and transformed into an "Indian tribe". Native Hawaiian sovereignty activists who oppose the bill believe that it blocks