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removal of a member
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The jusvizss of the Trust Territory High Court are appointed
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They have no term of office and are
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ne reople of the Trust Territory have no control over the identities
Tne persons apoointed and no power to effect the removal of a judge
the appointment of judges.
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Bills passed by the ee
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oP oronesia can oe,
and often are, vetoed by the High Commissioner.
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Tne Seerevary of thé tnverior can veto any bill passed over ‘the|
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the Congress of Micronesia.
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In addition, the Secretary ofthe|
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of the Trust Territory without the concurrence of the Congress”
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This cower was exercised as ‘recently as Decenber,“T974.
Interior Order No. 2969, December 26, 1974.
23.
Bikini Atoll is our home.
Our ancestors settled the
atill long before the 2ussian explorer Otto Von Kotzebue became,
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vhe first Zurcvean to discover the Atoll.
We have resided
~nere since time immemorial until exiled by the United States in
5 tt make way for nuclear testing.
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In early 1944 we were removed by the United States from
sur ancestral homelend because Bikini Atoll had been selected as a.
Mwazlear test site ov the United States.
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We | aid not desire relocation,
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