Real Estate & Property Law

SCOTUS Ceded Lands Case: Another Amicus Briefs

By Robert Thomas (inversecondemnation.com)

The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and the Southeastern Legal Foundation filed an amicus brief in the Hawaii ceded lands case, available here.  The brief argues:

Hawaii is justly admired as an integrated, racially blended society. It has been called a model for the rest of the country, perhaps for the world. But some people in Hawaii find no comfort in integration and equality. For over two decades, a counter-current promoting special privileges for persons of Hawaiian ancestry has gradually developed and, to some extent become the accepted norm among those in Hawaii with a vested interest in continuing such racial distinctions between citizens. This case is just a glimpse of the internal forces working to destroy the ideals of aloha and equal opportunity for every individual whatever his or her ancestry, embraced by the founding fathers of both the Kingdom of Hawaii (Kamehameha I, II and III) and the United States of America.

These Amici support the Petitioners-Defendants-Appellants HCDCH and its director and board members; the State of Hawaii; and the Honorable Linda Lingle, Governor of the State of Hawaii (collectively "State Parties") except that State Parties ask too little and do not address the real issue.

Brief at 2-3 (footnote omitted).

Full post as published by inversecondemnation on December 11, 2008 (boomark / email).