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City Council seat sought by Bainum still may have legal cloud

Posted on August 07, 2008
Derrick DePledge reports that longtime union leader George Waialeale - who withdrew his nomination papers after Kirk Caldwell apparently filed his - wants back in.

A thoughtful look at the 9th Circuit . . .

Posted on August 06, 2008
. . . by Cyrus Sanai in the current L.A. Weekly:Ninth Circuit Court Retreats to Idaho

Attorneys lead delegation of Filipino Americans from Hawai`i to Phillipines

Posted on July 29, 2008
ABS-CBN News Online reports today on April's visit to Manila by attorneys Benjamin J. Cayetano, Ron Menor, Mario Ramil, and Artemio Baxa and other prominent members of the Filipino community:Triumphant homecoming of Fil-Ams in Hawaii

"Waiver and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel--when to Raise it."

Posted on July 21, 2008
Ben Lowenthal analyzes a recent ICA opinion:Rule 40 and Retroactivity Revisited

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Aunty Hattie rants about a possible Obama Supreme Court nominee

Posted on July 21, 2008
They are going to get away with it, again.As I read around about Sunstein, the word that keeps popping into my mind is "craven." I knew people like him in college. Go along to get along was ever their strategy.

Another special legislative session this summer to consider Maui judicial nominee

Posted on July 15, 2008
Kelsey Kawano

Update: Case of strip-searched teen allowed to proceed

Posted on July 12, 2008
That's the word today, as a 9th Circuit en banc panel rebukes the prior opinion of Hawai`i-based, Bush-appoinnted Judge Richard Clifton.Here are previous posts on the case:13-year-old honor student strip searched as authorities look for . . . ibuprofen (Sept...

No races for prosecutor?

Posted on July 12, 2008
That's the case so far, with only 11 days left to file.

"Hawaii law explicitly prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation . . .

Posted on July 06, 2008
. . . in employment, public accommodations and housing."That's a reminder from the Human Rights Campaign, via a post at Pam's House Blend on the federal government's existing and proposed faith-based programs:[I]f my employer is an evangelical Christian who has religious objections to homosexuality, she can fire me if she finds out that I'm gay...

Big Business Wins at the High Court

Posted on July 01, 2008
That's the end-of-session conclusion from D.C. appellate experts.

Congressman Abercrombie has a blog

Posted on June 27, 2008
And he's using it to tout funding for both police and inmates:This past Wednesday U.S. Representative Neil Abercrombie made headway in acquiring funds to aid Hawaii?s growing needs. The U.S House Appropriations Committee approved two more of the twelve 2009 spending bills that are aimed at aiding Hawaii?s commerce, research and development, and alternate energy sources...

Gov. Lingle releases list of potential vetoes

Posted on June 24, 2008
Potential Vetoes

CLE on the Superferry?

Posted on June 06, 2008
That's what Disappeared News says may be in the works.

Maui loses solid legal/investigative reporter Anthony Pignataro to O`ahu

Posted on June 05, 2008
Here's his announcement via Twitter:http://twitter.com/apignataro/statuses/827024495And here's his announcement via podcast:http://www.mauitime.com/Podcast-13715.112113_Untitled.htmlIt's going to be O`ahu's gain - well, except for any corrupt or mean-spirited officials there...

Denied the right to marry in Hawai`i, George Takei and his partner will marry in California

Posted on June 05, 2008
The wedding site will be the Japanese American National Museum, according to the Hawaii Herald. The museum is run by Irene Hirano, U.S. Sen. Dan Inouye's new wife.

"Arbitrator finds chaperon responsible for teen?s death"

Posted on June 02, 2008
From The Maui News:A $1.15 million arbitrated award has been ordered for the family and estate of an 18-year-old New Jersey cheerleader who fell to her death from the ninth-floor balcony of a Kaanapali hotel in 2004.

California Supreme Court blesses Matsumura family

Posted on June 02, 2008
From The Progressive:By Ken and Molleen MatsumuraOur daughter, Elly, married her partner, Janelle, in San Francisco in 2004. But until the court ruled on May 15 that their union was constitutional, Elly did not have equal rights in America.* * *All loving parents hope to see their child secure in the love of their chosen partner in life, if the child chooses to marry...

Conviction for inattention to driving overturned

Posted on May 30, 2008
There was no collision and thus no crime, the Supreme Court said today.

Maui Talk: a modest proposal on marriage

Posted on May 17, 2008
Just end it.

Supreme Court of California acknowledges work of Supreme Court of Hawai`i re same-sex marriage

Posted on May 15, 2008
See footnote 20 on page 34 of today's decision striking down California's ban on same-sex marriage.

At request of The Nature Conservancy & Legislature, State & Kamehameha Schools continue to kill animals; Hawaiian Humane Society doesn't object

Posted on May 12, 2008
State-regulated pig hunts may expandHunters in the control hunt area can use dogs, bows and arrows, and knives. . . The state Legislature, environmental groups and others want the DLNR to control feral pigs more aggressively. More pigs have come into residential neighborhoods in recent years as more homes have been built in forests...

"Reinstated Hawaiian Kingdom on Trial"

Posted on May 12, 2008
From the New Zealand-based "Have a Say" blog:Reinstated Kingdom of Hawaii possible

Happy Law Day!

Posted on May 01, 2008
A list of upcoming related events is available from the Advertiser.

State seeks U.S. Supreme Court review of ceded lands case

Posted on April 30, 2008
Bennett says Supreme Court of Hawai`i gave too much weight to Apology Resolution.

Shield law passes

Posted on April 30, 2008
Derrick DePledge has the story.The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press provides background.

Hawaiian activists ask Mainland liberals & leftists to oppose Akaka Bill

Posted on April 21, 2008
From a special edition of The Nation:Hawaii Needs You

"Famous Are the Flowers"

Posted on April 21, 2008
"Hawaiian Resistance Then--and Now"

CJ facing forced retirement in two years

Posted on April 21, 2008
Bill to save Hawaii Chief Justice Moon founders

Bush's top attorney wants government lawyers to help the poor; Lingle's doesn't

Posted on April 20, 2008
From today's Star-Bulletin:Justice for all?� For the poor, the door to justice is opening slowly� A study detailing the shortage of affordable legal services has triggered steps to fill the needThe federal Department of Justice encourages its attorneys to do pro bono work that does not conflict with their official duties...

Is it a fee or a tax?

Posted on April 16, 2008
That was the question in a ruling issued Monday by the State Intermediate Court of Appeals in a case regarding assessments imposed by the State executive branch. The State Insurance Commission has been imposing assessments on insurance companies to pay for the cost of regulating them...

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