HHS Native Hawaiian Scholarship Targeted as Unconstitutional

The US Department of Health and Human Service’s scholarship program for Native Hawaiians was hit with a constitutional challenge Monday from a group backed by affirmative action foe Edward Blum.

The agency’s “Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program” violates both the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fifth Amendment, the organization Do No Harm alleged in its complaint filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

Blum has led the legal charge to dismantle race-based programs in both public and private sectors of American life. Another one of his groups, Students for Fair Admissions, convinced the ...