Constitutional Law
Aug. 4, 2025
2nd Amendment weirdos - Part IV: The Aloha Spirit
How Hawai'i's Supreme Court pushed back -- politely but firmly -- against U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment rulings in Wilson, invoking history, common sense and even the state's "Aloha Spirit."
Myron Moskovitz
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UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hal
My recent columns described America's "Obey the Boss" judicial structure, where each lower court is required to follow the rulings of higher courts. But there's no bar to verbal resistance that falls short of refusal. Their Honors mayst protest as they choose. It doesn't happen often, but it happens.
I described how it happened in Wolford v. Lopez 116 F.4th
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