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Saturday, April 26, 2025 |
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Judicial Vacancy Kauai Fifth Circuit--Deadline Extended
By News Release @ 8:31 PM :: 1159 Views :: Kauai 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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Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
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SB295: Tougher Penalties for TRO Violations
By News Release @ 7:41 PM :: 303 Views :: Family, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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... The bill increases penalties for individuals who violate temporary restraining orders (TROs) and orders for protection (OFPs) ....
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Friday, April 4, 2025 |
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Chief Justice Names Three Oahu Family Court Judges
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 1450 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary
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... The appointments are subject to Senate confirmation, and if confirmed, each will serve a term of six-years ....
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Friday, April 4, 2025 |
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Green Appoints Nakasone ICA Chief Judge
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 1836 Views :: Judiciary
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... Nakasone will fill the vacancy left by the elevation of Judge Lisa M. Ginoza to Associate Justice of the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ....
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025 |
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Green Appoints Water Commissioner and Circuit Court Judges
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 1242 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Development, Judiciary, Land Use
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... Governor Green has nominated three Circuit Court Judges in the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit and Hannah Kihalani Springer to the Commission on Water Resource Management ....
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Sunday, March 30, 2025 |
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HB900 Dies in Senate: No Lawyers for Abused Foster Kids
By Andrew Walden @ 8:14 PM :: 2456 Views :: Ethics, Family, Judiciary
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“...Hawai’i is one of only five states that does not currently guarantee the right to legal counsel for children during the duration of their child welfare case....”
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Friday, March 28, 2025 |
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Chief Justice Appoints Sonya H. Toma as District Family Court Judge for Maui
By News Release @ 12:41 PM :: 1432 Views :: Judiciary
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... Circuit Judge in the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit and District Family Judge, Second Circuit ....
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025 |
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Nominees for Two Oahu First Circuit Court Judgeships
By News Release @ 4:12 AM :: 932 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary
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... The Governor has 30 days from his receipt of the list today to make his two appointments ....
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025 |
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JSC Announces Five Nominees for Chief Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals
By News Release @ 3:31 AM :: 814 Views :: Judiciary
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... The Governor has 30 days from his receipt of the list today to make his appointment ....
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Saturday, March 15, 2025 |
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State Let Felon Back out on Streets--but now the Feds Have Got Him
By News Release @ 1:34 AM :: 832 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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... If convicted of the charged offense, Pham faces up to fifteen years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 ....
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025 |
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Construction Defect Litigation, Housing Affordability, and Homeownership in Hawai‘i
By UHERO @ 4:14 PM :: 688 Views :: Development, Judiciary, Cost of Living
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... litigation is becoming an increasingly significant source of uncertainty and risk in Hawai‘i’s housing market ....
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Saturday, February 15, 2025 |
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Busted on Guam: Federal Juror Took Bribe from Dirty ex-Cop
By News Release @ 1:30 AM :: 969 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Police, Drugs
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... After a mistrial was declared, Boom met with Tyquiengco and gave him $1,100 ....
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Tuesday, February 11, 2025 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court gives green light to $4 billion Maui fire settlement
By Court House News @ 11:32 AM :: 968 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Judiciary
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"...Subrogating insurers, the insurance companies argued, have rights that cannot be dismissed or negotiated away by other people or other parties...."
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Monday, February 10, 2025 |
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FULL TEXT: State Supreme Court Ruling Goes Against Maui Wildfire Insurers
By News Release @ 8:08 PM :: 1506 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Judiciary
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“…now comes the crisis in property insurance - much higher insurance premiums and insurers ceasing to write property insurance….”
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Friday, January 24, 2025 |
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VIDEO: 2025 State of the Judiciary Address
By News Release @ 1:16 PM :: 596 Views :: Judiciary
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... 'We Can’t Just Assume We Have The Public’s Trust' ....
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Monday, January 13, 2025 |
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Supreme Court Allows Honolulu 'Big Oil' Suit to Proceed
By Court House News @ 3:50 PM :: 1082 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Judiciary
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... The justices denied the oil and gas companies' petition without further explanation in Monday's orders list ....
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Saturday, January 11, 2025 |
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Judiciary Seeks Nominees for Big Island, Maui
By News Release @ 3:09 PM :: 721 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Judiciary
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... District Court judges and Independent Grand Jury Counsel ....
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Wednesday, January 8, 2025 |
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Electricity-Caused Wildland Fires: Costs, Social Fairness, and Proposed Solution
By Robert Thomas @ 2:53 AM :: 864 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Judiciary
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... litigation must be replaced by a system which provides basic compensation to wildfire victims, irrespective of the cause and associated fault ....
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Tuesday, January 7, 2025 |
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Oil industry seeks end to climate change lawsuits
By Selected News Articles @ 1:14 PM :: 848 Views :: Energy, Environment, Judiciary
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... the defendants may have a valid argument in favor of federal law since Honolulu is suing over conduct taking place outside of Hawaii’s borders ....
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Saturday, December 21, 2024 |
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After KPT Shootout, Meth-Head Finally Catches a Federal Case
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 1091 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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... Feds, once again, doing the job the State Judiciary can/will not ....
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Monday, December 16, 2024 |
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Thursday, December 12, 2024 |
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Biden Admin Begs SCOTUS to Ignore Honolulu Climate Suit
By News Release @ 12:11 PM :: 1203 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Judiciary
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... the Solicitor General Urged the Supreme Court to Deny Requests Aimed at Stopping State and Local Lawsuits against Big Oil Companies from Advancing Toward Trial in State Courts ....
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024 |
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Hawaii Bar: 'Property Rights & Regulatory Takings'
By Robert Thomas @ 8:44 PM :: 1127 Views :: Development, Judiciary, Land Use
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... Links And Materials From Hawaii Bar Association Takings Program ....
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Sunday, October 13, 2024 |
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A Supreme Court case in Hawaii could raise gas costs for us all
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 1544 Views :: Energy, Judiciary
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... it may be up to the US Supreme Court to set the matter straight ....
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Saturday, October 12, 2024 |
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Socialists Team up with Hawaii Judiciary to Expunge Dozens of Criminal Records
By News Release @ 1:21 AM :: 1394 Views :: Judiciary, Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement
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... Criminals were lined up when the doors opened, eager for a chance to do it all over again ....
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Saturday, October 5, 2024 |
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Game Over for Fake Settlement? Lahaina Fire Insurers Find a Way into Federal Court
By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 2777 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Judiciary
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... The State Judiciary can be counted on to twist the law to serve KSBE and HECO. The Federal Judiciary doesn't even know who they are ....
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Saturday, September 28, 2024 |
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JSC Seeks Nominees for Oahu First Circuit Judge
By News Release @ 4:59 PM :: 1034 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary
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... The term of office of a circuit judge shall be ten years ....
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Sunday, September 15, 2024 |
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State Workers Have Immunity – Even Without Being Trump
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2052 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Taxes
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... employees at our State, and the Department of Taxation in particular, have a lot of immunity too ....
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Thursday, September 12, 2024 |
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Common Cause Thinks Hawaii Congressional Delegation is Nearly Perfect
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 1260 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Judiciary
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... Common Cause, the nonpartisan watchdog, released its 2024 “Democracy Scorecard,” recording every member of Congress’ support for voting rights, Supreme Court ethics, and other reforms ....
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Saturday, September 7, 2024 |
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Investment Bankers: How to Force Lahaina Insurers into Accepting Smaller Settlement
By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 3376 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Judiciary, Cost of Living
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... The chances of an expensive, boneheaded precedent being set are greatly enhanced ....
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Thursday, August 29, 2024 |
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Ninth Circuit rejects Hawaii rule sealing medical records in court filings
By Court House News @ 2:17 PM :: 1793 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Judiciary
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... A three-judge panel found that the public has a presumptive First Amendment right to see medical and health records attached to court filings, such as mental competency examinations ....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024 |
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Hawaii wants to force an oil ban on the rest of the country
By Selected News Articles @ 5:12 PM :: 3871 Views :: Energy, Environment, Judiciary
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... this lawsuit seeks to compel companies to cease production and sale of oil and gas everywhere ....
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Sunday, August 18, 2024 |
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Guam: Tax Evasion and Judicial Misconduct
By Court House News @ 6:03 PM :: 2863 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Taxes
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... tax officials allegedly declined to pursue complaints and reports about certain tax avoiders ....
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Thursday, August 8, 2024 |
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Full Text: Insurance Company Lawyers Debunk Green’s Fake Lahaina Fire Settlement
By Andrew Walden @ 5:51 PM :: 4854 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Judiciary
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... All other Hawai'i media are pretending Green's settlement is real. Fortunately, you are reading Hawai'i Free Press ....
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Thursday, August 1, 2024 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Rejects Bruen as Inconsistent With “Aloha Spirit”
By Selected News Articles @ 11:51 PM :: 422 Views :: Judiciary, Second Amendment
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...in so doing, the state court may have placed itself on a collision course with the Supreme Court of the United States....
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Saturday, July 27, 2024 |
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(EXTENDED) Notice of Anticipated Judicial Vacancy – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit (island of Oʻahu)
By News Release @ 11:08 PM :: 2684 Views :: Honolulu 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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Saturday, July 13, 2024 |
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JSC Seeking Five Nominees for Circuit/Family Court
By News Release @ 1:03 PM :: 1017 Views :: Judiciary
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... one position is triple-extended ....
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Saturday, July 13, 2024 |
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DEADLINE EXTENDED AGAIN: Judicial Vacancy – Chief Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals
By News Release @ 1:00 PM :: 4438 Views :: Judiciary
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... Chief Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawaiʻi ....
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Thursday, July 11, 2024 |
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Ariel Sellers Murder: Family Court Refuses to Release Secret Records “because of the impression of DHS and the family court that it might create”
By Andrew Walden @ 10:47 PM :: 1833 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Judiciary
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"The family court held that the redacted record could not be disclosed because of the impression of DHS and the family court that it might create."
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Thursday, June 27, 2024 |
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Senate Special Session Rubber Stamps Four Oahu Circuit Court Nominees
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 5612 Views :: Judiciary
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... Rebecca A. Copeland, Brian A. Costa, Dyan M. Medeiros, and Steven R. Nichols to the Circuit Court of the First Circuit ....
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Thursday, June 13, 2024 |
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Geanna Bradley Coverup: Witness Handed Over to Alleged Killer's Family
By Andrew Walden @ 6:03 PM :: 3856 Views :: Ethics, Family, Judiciary
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... CWS social workers did not seek immediate medical attention for John “A.B.” Doe after Geanna Bradley was found murdered on January 18, 2024, instead, on January 19, 2024, they placed him with Brandy Blas’ sister ....
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Saturday, May 18, 2024 |
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Defend Hawaii: Miske Lawyer Celebrates Kaneshiro Corruption Victory, Tells Feds to Pack Up and Leave
By Court House News @ 2:06 AM :: 6103 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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... The quirky panel of 14 jurors had been coordinating outfits by color most days throughout the duration of trial ....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court says goodbye to federalism
By Selected News Articles @ 5:12 PM :: 2640 Views :: Environment, Judiciary
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... The litigation model adopted by Hawaii, characterized by suing oil companies under broad claims about their contributions to climate change, demands a national spotlight for its potential to disrupt the constitutional equilibrium between state innovation and federal authority ....
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Eddins: “Horrors and Treachery” Coming From SCOTUS
By Selected News Articles @ 2:55 PM :: 2436 Views :: Judiciary
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... It appears that the US Supreme Court’s upcoming ruling in Trump v. United States will stop lower courts from jailing Trump for his porn-star hush money deals ....
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 |
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Miske Hitman Criminal Record Secretly Expunged
By Andrew Walden @ 12:32 AM :: 5120 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Judiciary, Second Amendment
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... You won’t find any record of expungement proceedings on ECourtKokua—they’re secret ....
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Saturday, April 20, 2024 |
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HB2526 Goes to Governor: Felony for repeat offenders who drive without a license
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 1758 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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... after a McKinley High School student's life was claimed by a habitual traffic offender ....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
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Attorneys Blocking JetBlue/Spirit Merger Now Targeting Hawaiian/Alaska Airlines Deal
By Selected News Articles @ 1:15 PM :: 1960 Views :: Judiciary, Tourism
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... this law firm also filed a similar suit wherein JetBlue was subsequently blocked in its attempt to acquire Spirit Airlines ....
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Friday, April 12, 2024 |
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Rape and Death: HB2340 pays $2.5M to Coverup Foster Care Disasters
By Andrew Walden @ 11:19 PM :: 3904 Views :: Ethics, Family, Judiciary
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... rape, sodomy, forced oral copulation and fondling, physical beatings, starvation, theft and destruction of personal property, and failure to provide medical care, clothing, and medicine ....
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
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SB2706: 'Expungement' will help sex offenders find work in Hawaii schools
By Andrew Walden @ 8:44 PM :: 2988 Views :: Education K-12, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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... Examples of offenses which may be eligible for automatic expungement include domestic abuse, harassment by stalking, certain sex offenses, sexual exploitation, promoting pornography for minors, and habitual intoxicated driving ....
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