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“The Spirit of Aloha”: The Hawaii Supreme Court Challenges the U.S. Supreme Court Over Gun Rights

JonathanTurley

It has been 65 years since Hawaii became a state, but the Hawaiian Supreme Court appears to be having second thoughts. In an extraordinary ruling, the unanimous Supreme Court rejected the holdings of the United States Supreme Court on the Second Amendment as inapplicable to the 50th state. On Wednesday, in State v.

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The Jackson Hearings and the Death of the Confirmation Process

JonathanTurley

captured the historic confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson , the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court. It was clear from the outset that Jackson would not discuss her judicial philosophy on interpreting the Constitution or statutes — the very issue Democratic senators cited in voting against Barrett in 2020.

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