Hawaii Supreme Court 2A Ruling

[Hawk Tuah]

The Hawaii Supreme Court also quoted "The Wire" in the court ruling.

Hawaii Supreme Court Declares Second Amendment Infringes on the ‘Spirit of Aloha’

Hawaii's Supreme Court declared that "the spirit of Aloha clashes" with the Second Amendment, which guarantees Americans an individual right to bear arms.

www.mediaite.com

 

[Southern Elk]

Doubt if the spirit of aloha would hold up in the Supreme Court.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Doubt if the spirit of aloha would hold up in the Supreme Court.

But I am sure the quote from "The Wire" will.

 

[more_cowbell]

Seems like they're coming at it from a different angle (albeit also from the "old days").

From Wikipedia's History of Hawaii:

Americans within the kingdom government rewrote the constitution, severely curtailing the power of King "David" Kalākaua, and disenfranchising the rights of most Native Hawaiians and Asian citizens to vote, through excessively high property and income requirements. This gave a sizeable advantage to plantation owners. Queen Liliʻuokalani attempted to restore royal powers in 1893 but was placed under house arrest by businessmen with help from the United States military. Against the Queen's wishes, the Republic of Hawaii was formed for a short time. This government agreed on behalf of Hawaii to join the United States in 1898 as the Territory of Hawaii. In 1959, the islands became the state of Hawaii.

History of Hawaii - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[ismith]

Time to give Hawaii back to its rightful owners, the Japanese.

 

[jimh406]

It doesn't matter what their State Supreme Court says about the Second Amendment unless they plan to secede.

From what I've been reading, it would at least be good for the federal govt to give the Maui fire area back to the rightful owners to let them start rebuilding.

 

[Forkyfinder]

This is disgusting. This is the definition of judicial activism - and should scare anyone who is knowledgable about government. If your judges can change law from the bench, what does the written law mean?

 

[3855WIN]

Doubt if the spirit of aloha would hold up in the Supreme Court.

It’s got a lot of holes in it.

 

[bucdoego]

The Hawaiian Constitution, circa 1959, when Hawaii became a state, includes the second amendment language from the United States Bill of Rights. In reviews of this ruling, it is torn apart rather completely. It won't hold up under any scrutiny.

The ruling should be a big enough embarrassment for the citizen's of Hawaii to kick-off some calls for impeachment and ultimately, disbarment of these Justices. It is being lampooned by legal and 2A scholars from all corners.

 

[idelkslayer]

Seems like they're coming at it from a different angle (albeit also from the "old days").

From Wikipedia's History of Hawaii:

Americans within the kingdom government rewrote the constitution, severely curtailing the power of King "David" Kalākaua, and disenfranchising the rights of most Native Hawaiians and Asian citizens to vote, through excessively high property and income requirements. This gave a sizeable advantage to plantation owners. Queen Liliʻuokalani attempted to restore royal powers in 1893 but was placed under house arrest by businessmen with help from the United States military. Against the Queen's wishes, the Republic of Hawaii was formed for a short time. This government agreed on behalf of Hawaii to join the United States in 1898 as the Territory of Hawaii. In 1959, the islands became the state of Hawaii.

History of Hawaii - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

If only the native Hawaiians had enough firepower to prevent that from happening...they could have fought tyranny and remained an independent nation; at least until 1937 Japanese expansion and genocide destroyed their spirit of aloha.

To put it more diplomatically; it's difficult to look at how Hawaii came under US possession without some feeling of injustice. It is also difficult to imagine that the Japanese would have passed over the opportunity at a full scale invasion of the Hawaiian islands were it not a territory of the United States and major base of military operations. The United would have needed to invade the islands and expel the Japanese. Who knows what would have remained and what if any oversight the US would have maintained following the war.

 

[HONEYBADGER]

Ahhh never forget the original Hawaiian judge