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Sunday, July 21, 2019 |
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Notice of Judicial Position – District Family Judge, First Circuit
By News Release @ 10:11 AM :: 3404 Views :: Judiciary
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...The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill a new judicial position in the State of Hawaii....
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Saturday, July 13, 2019 |
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Senate Confirms Trump Appointee to Ninth Circuit
By Selected News Articles @ 2:53 PM :: 3258 Views :: Judiciary
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...Bress will fill the seat vacated by Judge Alex Kozinski, who stepped down in 2017 amid sexual misconduct allegations....
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Wednesday, July 3, 2019 |
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Kealoha Barred from Practicing Law
By News Release @ 11:10 PM :: 4120 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...with proceedings stayed until the criminal proceedings are final....
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Friday, June 28, 2019 |
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What The US Supreme Court's Property Rights Decision Means For Hawaii's Property Owners
By Robert Thomas @ 3:10 AM :: 9757 Views :: National News, Development, Judiciary, Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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...Hawaii’s property owners now have many more options for fighting back against oppressive government regulation of property than they did last week....
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Thursday, June 27, 2019 |
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Meth Bust Nets Retired Guam Police Officer
By News Release @ 7:46 PM :: 6386 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...John Topasna Mantanona aka 'Boom' was arrested today, June 26, 2019, and charged with obstructing justice by endeavoring to influence a juror and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine hydrochloride....
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Wednesday, June 19, 2019 |
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Judiciary Program Tackles Absenteeism at Keaau Middle School
By News Release @ 10:41 PM :: 4478 Views :: Education K-12, Judiciary
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"...the original intent of the program was to increase school attendance rates, which the program did...."
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Sunday, May 26, 2019 |
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Judicial Vacancy 3rd Circuit
By News Release @ 12:10 AM :: 3429 Views :: Judiciary
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...The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy ....
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Saturday, May 25, 2019 |
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Senate Confirms Ninth Circuit Judge for Second Time in a Week
By Selected News Articles @ 4:50 PM :: 3792 Views :: Judiciary
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...The Senate confirmed a Los Angeles attorney Tuesday to a seat on the Ninth Circuit after he faced criticisms from Democrats over his record of representing fossil fuel companies in court, making him the second Trump nominee added to the San Francisco-based appeals court in a week....
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Friday, May 24, 2019 |
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Judiciary Seeks Applicants to Discipline Wayward Lawyers
By News Release @ 2:08 AM :: 4486 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...Applicants Sought for Disciplinary Board of the Hawaii Supreme Court....
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Sunday, May 12, 2019 |
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A Threat to Judicial Independence
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4122 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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... We control the purse strings, so we said no to a lot of their money. They reversed some of their decisions. We gave them some money. So the tension worked ....
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Sunday, May 5, 2019 |
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Conflict of Interest? Judge Hiraoka’s Adventures in Dubinland
By Andrew Walden @ 8:22 PM :: 8745 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Judiciary
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...For three and a half years, Gilpin alleges, Hiraoka was simultaneously fighting to save Gary Dubin’s law license in one court while opposing Dubin in another, creating a conflict of interest....
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Saturday, April 13, 2019 |
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JSC Seeks Nominees for Maui Circuit Court
By News Release @ 3:12 PM :: 5800 Views :: Maui County, Judiciary
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...The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy....
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Thursday, April 11, 2019 |
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HB217/HB218: Making Life Easier for Young Criminals
By News Release @ 4:08 AM :: 4858 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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...when an officer has custody of a child under the age of 16, the child shall consult with legal counsel before waiving any constitutional rights and before any custodial interrogation....
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Sunday, March 31, 2019 |
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JSC Seeks Applicants for Judicial Vacancy – District Family Judge, First Circuit
By News Release @ 3:41 PM :: 3486 Views :: Judiciary
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...The application must be postmarked or delivered on or before the application deadline of Thursday, June 27, 2019....
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Sunday, March 31, 2019 |
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Judgments Aren’t Necessarily the End of Litigation
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 6167 Views :: Judiciary, Taxes, Tourism
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...Before the ink was dry on those judgments, the Department of Taxation produced additional assessments against the taxpayers, this time on car rental commissions....
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Friday, March 15, 2019 |
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Seeking Applications for Independent Grand Jury Counsel – Second Circuit
By News Release @ 5:09 AM :: 4720 Views :: Maui County, Judiciary
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...The Circuit Court of the Second Circuit (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai) is seeking applications for independent grand jury counsel for 2019 to 2020....
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Sunday, March 10, 2019 |
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Ninth Circuit Wants To Know The Statute Of Limitations For Takings Claims In Hawaii
By Robert Thomas @ 4:40 PM :: 6292 Views :: Hawaii County , Judiciary, Land Use
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...which statute of limitations applies to takings claims: the two-year personal injury statute, or the six-year "catch all." The answer has not been definitively resolved by Hawaii's courts....
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Thursday, March 7, 2019 |
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Prosecutor Kaneshiro Take Leave of Absence on Deadline to Respond to Supreme Court
By News Release @ 5:53 PM :: 6830 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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...Kaneshiro's decision to take a "leave of absence" does not stop the Supreme Court proceedings regarding his law license....
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Wednesday, February 13, 2019 |
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Disbar Dubin--Disciplinary Board
By Andrew Walden @ 10:38 PM :: 7232 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...The Board recommends that the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai'i issue an Order that Respondent Dubin be DISBARRED....
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019 |
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FULL TEXT: Connors, Ballard ask Supreme Court to Remove Kaneshiro--Prosecutor Accused of Retaliating Against Witnesses
By Selected News Articles @ 3:04 PM :: 5597 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Judiciary
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...“Once he sent those disciplinary notices to those employees, signed them, and said you are hereby put on notice, I think it’s moved over to tampering with a witness or obstruction of justice”....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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JEFS Fail: Judiciary Electronic System Leaves Lawyers in the Dark
By Robert Thomas @ 1:38 AM :: 3779 Views :: Judiciary
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"...the JEFS system has failed to notify us of events in the cases in which we are counsel...."
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Sunday, February 3, 2019 |
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Applicants Wanted for State Campaign Spending Commission
By News Release @ 4:29 PM :: 5443 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Judiciary
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...The terms will run from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2023....
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019 |
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Third Circuit Seeking Applicants for Independent Grand Jury Counsel
By News Release @ 5:22 PM :: 4632 Views :: Hawaii County , Judiciary
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...independent grand jury counsel for Hilo and Kona....
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Monday, January 28, 2019 |
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Conflict of Interest? Judiciary Debunks Ozawa
By News Release @ 9:35 AM :: 5755 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Judiciary
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...Mr. Ozawa was able to but did not object to any justice’s participation in this case before the final decision. Mr. Ozawa also did not raise any objection to Justice Pollack’s and Justice Wilson’s participation in the 2014 election challenge....
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Sunday, January 27, 2019 |
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Judicial Vacancy: Family Judge, First Circuit, Oahu
By News Release @ 7:49 PM :: 3596 Views :: Judiciary
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...The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations ....
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Thursday, January 24, 2019 |
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Full Text: State of the Judiciary Speech -- 2019
By News Release @ 8:48 PM :: 8104 Views :: First Amendment, Judiciary
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...Under our constitution, the Judiciary is sometimes called upon to protect the rights of those whose views may be unpopular....
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Saturday, January 19, 2019 |
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Unanimous: US Senate Rebukes Anti-Catholic Bigot Mazie Hirono
By News Release @ 6:17 PM :: 8859 Views :: Congressional Delegation, First Amendment, Judiciary
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... Hirono argues religious freedom is "the alt-right's position" -- but she didn't dare to vote nay ....
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Monday, January 14, 2019 |
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Birth Control: Judge Blocks Religious Freedom in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 11:42 AM :: 7301 Views :: First Amendment, Judiciary, Religion, Small Business
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...The decision comes after a divided Ninth Circuit last month rebuked Gilliam for “abuse of discretion” by blocking interim versions of the rules in December 2017 in all 50 states....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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Gabbard Rips Religious Bigotry After Hirono Demands Judicial Nominee Quit Knights of Columbus
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 AM :: 9390 Views :: Congressional Delegation, First Amendment, Judiciary, Religion
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"...I stand strongly against those who are fomenting religious bigotry, citing as disqualifiers Buescher’s Catholicism and his affiliation with the Knights of Columbus...." -- Rep Tulsi Gabbard
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Thursday, December 27, 2018 |
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Mazie Hirono mum on charity invitation from Catholic group she criticized as 'extreme'
By News Release @ 11:31 PM :: 8956 Views :: Congressional Delegation, First Amendment, Judiciary, Religion
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... Greetings from your local, Capitol Hill-area Knights of Columbus Council, Patrick Cardinal O’Boyle Council 11302 ....
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Thursday, December 27, 2018 |
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Hirono Demands Judicial Nominee Quit Knights of Columbus
By Selected News Articles @ 2:08 AM :: 6862 Views :: First Amendment, Judiciary
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...Hirono is pushing for the nominee, Brian Buescher, to drop his membership in the organization and recuse himself from cases in which it has taken a position....
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Tuesday, December 18, 2018 |
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HAWSCT's Latest Water Case Isn't About Water
By Robert Thomas @ 7:59 PM :: 6564 Views :: Environment, Judiciary, Land Use
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...Search as you might, there's nothing there that helps or hurts in the water law department....
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Sunday, December 16, 2018 |
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Judicial Vacancy – District Judge, District Court of the Third Circuit
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 4961 Views :: Hawaii County , Judiciary
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...The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations....
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Friday, December 14, 2018 |
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Dubin Disbarment? Another Step in the Process
By Andrew Walden @ 10:06 PM :: 7056 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...Dubin, along with ex-Governor John Waihee, co-host "The Foreclosure Hour" on AM830....
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Monday, December 3, 2018 |
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JSC Seeks Nominees for First Circuit Court--Two Vacancies
By News Release @ 1:22 AM :: 3871 Views :: Judiciary
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...The Commission invites anyone who meets the constitutional requirements and is interested in the position to apply....
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Thursday, November 22, 2018 |
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UH: Convicted Felon Paid to Get Other Convicts Released
By News Release @ 2:30 AM :: 9858 Views :: Higher Education, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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...Why would any court trust 'exculpatory' evidence submitted by a convicted felon?....
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018 |
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Friday, October 19, 2018 |
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Team Hanabusa Grills Ige Campaign Manager over Judicial Nomination
By News Release @ 1:11 PM :: 5303 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...The Senate is expected to meet in a special session on October 24-25 to consider the nomination....
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Thursday, October 18, 2018 |
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Friday, October 12, 2018 |
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Leadership Change at ODC
By Andrew Walden @ 10:20 PM :: 6303 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...Bruce Kim is no longer Chief Counsel of the Office of Disciplinary Affairs, the Hawaii Judiciary office handling errant lawyers....
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Thursday, October 11, 2018 |
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Chief Justice Appoints Summer Kupau-Odo as District Court Judge
By News Release @ 10:31 AM :: 5762 Views :: Judiciary
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...The names submitted for this vacancy by the Judicial Selection Commission, in alphabetical order, are....
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Tuesday, October 9, 2018 |
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Ige Selling Judgeships? Nominates Campaign Manager for Appeals Court
By News Release @ 12:25 AM :: 9635 Views :: Judiciary
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...What an amazing coincidence for the guy who magically resigned as Ige’s campaign manager the day before his name was picked by that very Judicial Selection Commission....
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Sunday, October 7, 2018 |
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Hirono Won’t Say Whether Harassing Senators in Restaurants is ‘Going Too Far’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:27 PM :: 6039 Views :: Congressional Delegation, First Amendment, Judiciary
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...“This is the kind of activism that occurs and people make their own decisions. If they violate the law, then they have to account for that.”....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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Hirono: FBI Investigation a 'Farce'
By Selected News Articles @ 12:44 PM :: 5687 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Judiciary
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...Hirono made the comments after MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow opined Wednesday that “Democrats don’t pressure the FBI the way that Republicans do.”....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018 |
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Hirono Rhetoric Backfires--"Republican Party Favorability Highest in Seven Years"
By Selected News Articles @ 7:22 PM :: 6626 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Judiciary, Republican Party
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...Please keep putting this Senator Hir-Oh-NO-she-didn't-just-say-that-yes-she-did on TV every single day from now until the midterms....
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Monday, September 24, 2018 |
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Senator Hirono Didn’t Always Tell Men to ‘Shut Up’ and Believe Accusers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:04 PM :: 8332 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History, Judiciary
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...Senator Mazie Hirono today poses as a brave feminist cultural warrior, but when it really counted in her own backyard in Hawaii, she was AWOL....
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Sunday, September 23, 2018 |
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Video: Hirono Left Twisting in Wind as Blasey-Ford 'Witnesses' Refuse to Back Story
By Video @ 3:16 PM :: 5670 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Judiciary
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...Hirono: Kavanaugh Doesn’t Get Presumption of Innocence Because of His ‘Ideological Agenda’....
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Thursday, September 20, 2018 |
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Hirono: FBI Should Investigate Witness Tampering Against Alleged Kavanaugh Accuser
By Selected News Articles @ 12:44 PM :: 4760 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Judiciary
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...Hirono claimed Wednesday that the death threats that have allegedly been made against Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford are “witness tampering”....
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018 |
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Hirono: SCOTUS Seat Could Stay Vacant for Two Years
By Selected News Articles @ 7:27 PM :: 6163 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Judiciary
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...Senator Hirono says "I just want to say to the men of this country: Just shut up….”
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Sunday, September 16, 2018 |
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Hawaii v Trump: House Judiciary Committee Moves to Ban Nationwide Injunctions
By News Release @ 11:09 PM :: 4124 Views :: Judiciary
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...The Committee marked up HR6730 Sept 13. Next stop, House floor....
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