Entries for 'Robert Thomas'

The Hawaii Legislature is evaluating a series of bills which, taken collectively, would radically overhaul the way judges and justices are selected....

The contempt motion is on the Court's January 15, 2016 conference calendar, so we should know the results soon after that....

A case that we've been following with some mild amusement has reached the Hawaii Supreme Court....

Since about the 1970's, sugar plantations have been legal pariahs....

If you want a crash course in Hawaii's unique (some would say weird) water law, you can't do better than this video....

...last week, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued a 4-1 ruling in Friends of Makakilo v. D.R. Horton-Schuler Homes, LLC....

..."execution of the 2012 General Election fell short of the electorate's reasonable expectations" -- ICA, Dec 18, 2015....

...asking the Court to slap the State, the Governor, OHA and its trustees, and Nai Aupuni (and others, including the ironically-named Akamai Foundation) for violating the Court's injunction....

"This appeal involves a long-standing issue in this state: balancing agricultural and urban land uses."

... plaintiffs outline their possible responses to the cancellation of the election and the seating of all candidates ...

...that's the sort of thing that is supposed to happen only in a banana republic....

Pig hunting in this case involved dogs and a knife, not guns....

The U.S. Supreme Court is now considering that question in a Texas case in which Hawaii’s decades-long exclusion of active-duty military and families from the body politic is front and center....

Tomorrow, the US Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in two election law cases, Evenwel v. Abbott, No. 14-940, and Harris v. Arizona Ind. Redistricting Comm'n, No. 14-232....

The biggest problem with this thing has always been the public funding....

...Justice Pollack benchslapped the Department on each of the three variance standards....

...don't be too surprised if the Ninth Circuit sees it a different way....

Hawaii AG joins amici brief supporting Texas in Evenwel v. Abbott....

Today we filed this amici brief in Evenwel v. Abbott....

What is intriguing is that Hawaii chose to join this brief....

Evenwel v. Abbott, the one-person-one-vote reapportionment case currently being briefed in the U.S. Supreme Court....

I'd also like to hail my fellow law bloggers....

...once again, a property owner's federal constitutional claims -- raised in a federal forum -- get decided by a state court....

...we predict that at least three of the Justices -- and perhaps a unanimous court if the Chief Justice keeps the opinion for himself -- will rule for the challengers....

You remember that case about property on the rural north shore of Oahu, in which the City and County of Honolulu is condemning a vacant parcel in order to build a new fire station....

The Rule asserts jurisdiction over waters that are remote and intermittent waters....

..."mission creep" could well set in....

...the only honest answer is "as much as it takes."....

HAWSCT Again Clarifies When A Judgment Is "Final" And Appealable (They're Serious About This Finality Thing)....

...Judge says Maui County prohibition is pre-empted by federal and state law....

...today's 5-4 decision in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n....

...Hawaii Supreme Court refined the test for determining when a municipal ordinance or charter provision is preempted by state law....

It's a fine balance, and until the Hawaii Supreme Court's recent decision in Kellberg v. Yuen, and the Intermediate Court of Appeals' decision in Hoku Lele, LLC v. City and County of Honolulu....

...the Texas case may open up future Hawaii reapportionments to legal challenge if Hawaii persists in applying the same or similar standards....

Last week, the Hawaii Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Sierra Club v. Castle and Cooke Homes Hawaii, Inc....

Ige signed the bill authorizing that final payment this week....

Here's the latest from the Hawaii Supreme Court....

"Affordable Housing Maui Style" - from NewGeography.com....

It's not often that we say a law review article is a "must-read."...

...eminent domain, property rights, and the Honolulu rail project....

..."just compensation and damages" are required by the constitution....

...come June, we'll be watching for more guidance from the Supreme Court.....