A lawsuit seeking to open Hawaiian Homelands to non-Hawaiians is expected to fail based on a 2009 Supreme Court ruling that protects Hawaii’s sovereign lands granted at statehood.
- Political activist Eric Ryan filed a lawsuit on June 1 seeking to open Hawaiian Homelands to non-Hawaiians.
- Legal analysts predict the case will fail due to the 2009 US Supreme Court ‘Ceded Lands’ decision in Hawaii v Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
- The Supreme Court ruling established that Hawaii’s Admission Act provides special protection for Hawaiian Homelands as part of the statehood settlement.
- The 2009 decision held that Congress cannot reserve or convey lands already granted to a state at admission to the Union.
Source: Hawaii Free Press
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