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US appeals court agrees to re-hear Hawaii butterfly knife ban case

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed to re-hear the court’s 2023 three-judge panel decision Thursday which struck down a ban on butterfly knives in Hawaii. The post US appeals court agrees to re-hear Hawaii butterfly knife ban case appeared first on JURIST - News.

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“Hawaii top court upholds gun laws, criticizes US Supreme Court; Hawaii Supreme Court says it disagrees with U.S. Supreme Court’s Second Amendment rulings; Court upholds laws barring carrying guns in public without a license”

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Hawaii top court upholds gun laws, criticizes US Supreme Court; Hawaii Supreme Court says it disagrees with U.S. Supreme Court’s Second Amendment rulings; Court upholds laws barring carrying guns in public without a license”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

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“Green nominates judge, private lawyer to Hawaii Supreme Court”

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“Green nominates judge, private lawyer to Hawaii Supreme Court”: Dan Nakaso of The Honolulu Star-Advertiser has this report. ” Yesterday, the Office of the Governor of Hawaii issued a news release titled “ Gov. .” Green Announces Nominees for Two Judicial Vacancies.”

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Hawaii man exonerated after 25 years in prison for murder

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The Hawaii Circuit Court of the Third Circuit Tuesday exonerated Albert “Ian” Schweitzer’s 2000 conviction for the 1991 second-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual assault in the first degree of Dana Ireland after newly discovered evidence.

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“Hawaii Rightly Rejects Supreme Court’s Gun Nonsense; In a scathing takedown, the state’s highest court declared ‘there is no state constitutional right to carry a firearm in public'”

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Hawaii Rightly Rejects Supreme Court’s Gun Nonsense; In a scathing takedown, the state’s highest court declared ‘there is no state constitutional right to carry a firearm in public’”: Columnist Francis Wilkinson has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

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“Hawaii has issued 1 gun carry permit since high court ruling”

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Hawaii has issued 1 gun carry permit since high court ruling”: Jennifer Sinco Kelleher of The Associated Press has this report. The post “Hawaii has issued 1 gun carry permit since high court ruling” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Federal appeals court upholds Hawaii statute limiting open carry of firearms in public

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday upheld Hawaii’s firearm-licensing law , which restricts open-carry licenses to those who can demonstrate “the urgency or the need” to carry a firearm, that they are of good moral character, and are “engaged in the protection of life and property.”.

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