Ruggles Excused

[riversnout]

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Originally posted by randomq

Ironyak, they specifically ruled on Hawaii (states) right to own and sell ceded lands, and the legality of the ceding.

https://www.scribd.com/doc/113132163/07-1372-Transcript#


Riversnout, not saying the US Supreme Court is the ultimate global authority or anything, but as far as the US is concerned they are the final say, short of a constitutional convention or successful revolution. No subordinate legal authority would be wrong simply deferring to their precedent. No sense in Hawaii County paying to research an issue already decided by the Supreme Court or Congress.

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Just because the US court rubberstamped the parcel of rogues that overthrew the Kingdom does not make it legitimate. How about this one:

http://hawaiiankingdom.org/pdf/Federal_C...acted).pdf

Professor Williamson B.C. Chang, a law professor at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, called this statement by the Swiss Court “an extraordinary assessment of the status of Hawaii with enormous ramifications. It confirms my own views that the United States never acquired the Hawaiian Islands, either in 1898 or thereafter.”