Supreme Court backs State of Hawai'i in land dispute
source: http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/03/31/31greenwire-supreme-court-backs-hawaii-in-land-dispu...
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The Supreme Court today restored Hawaii's authority to sell 1.2 million acres of state land without resolving prior claims by native Hawaiians."The state Supreme Court incorrectly held that Congress, by adopting the Apology Resolution, took away from the citizens of Hawaii the authority to resolve an issue that is of great importance to the people of the state," Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the court in a unanimous decision, which reversed and remanded the case.
In 1994, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and four native Hawaiians filed a lawsuit to prevent the state from selling public land to residential developers.
More Approved Destruction and Demeanor against an Illegally Occupied State of Hawai’i. Linda Lingle and Her Administration can burn in Hell, I hope you get assassinated one of these days. The Hawaiians are lost once again. America wins its’ illegal battle to develop and damage more to the future survival of the Hawaiians. When will education, a health care system and benefits promised by the State of Hawai’i begin?
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AveryMoore
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Talk about asking for trouble!
"Possession" is important no doubt, but since when has Law interpreted that fact to mean -- "We stole it: It's ours!"?
I can think of only one other country where this sort of land-grab-swindle also is government-sanctioned --- Communist China.
A nice place, Beijing, where thanks to our self-blinded consent, Chinese human rights are completely divorced from domestic commerce. Thanks too to our desire to profit handsomely regardless of whatever costs and horrors to the population may be imposed by government fiat.
Despite all this, China's government, not China's people, are our new best buddies! Ain't it rich?
China. Every year there are tens of thousands of riots while Beijing expropriates more privately owned traditional lands, relocates vast populations from their only source of livelihood, and then gives away what it illegally confiscates to Communist Party-friendly "developers." Sound like pure Stalinism to anyone?.
But now our courts are following the lead of Chinese Communist Party dogma? This makes sense?
Unless the story we're getting is grossly under-reporting the facts (as in the Court is attempting to force Washington's hand to reverse some statutes) the most bewildering and damaging aspect of this story is not just the gross injustice, or that we have made ourselves an international laughingstock, or given a black eye to the idea that we honor Justice -- but that we have been completely disgraced by the fact that the Supreme Court's decision was "UNANIMOUS."
Meaning, wittingly or not, the entire court has given a green light to Hawaiian separatists.
As if we hadn't enough problems! Talk about asking for trouble!
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AveryMoore
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jahbini
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It seems like 'commerce' has more rights than anything else for our justice system.
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jahbini
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pjacobs51
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What a crock of sh*t. They have no respect for anyone.
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pjacobs51
