Testing the powers of the judiciary

Every day the administration is blocked by a federal judge somewhere. The response is generally an appeal to a higher court, or a different judge, with the administration basically ignoring the court ruling. Sometime in the near future, some issue, or issues, will reach the Supreme Court. Then we will find out if the judiciary has the power of law, a constitutional crisis that will determine the future of this country.

Andrew Jackson's plan to relocate the Cherokee nation was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Jackson went ahead with his plan, defying the court ruling, and daring the court to enforce the law.

If the Supreme Court rules against the administration, and the administration refuses to comply, what will happen? The administration has plenty of legal opinion that will say that the power of the president cannot be limited by the court. The DOJ is controlled by loyalists. The military is controlled by loyalists. The congress is controlled by loyalists. Where is the means of law enforcement?

Got my first shot

Moderna vaccine. Mahalo nui to the Hilo VA!

tRumpers on Oahu

Apparently there is a contingent of "Proud Boys" on Oahu. There was a report of their leader being arrested on the mainland. Any news about an armed group showing up at the capitol building?

We do have some tRumpers around Hilo, not very many, certainly not waving guns.

Ballots are here!

Just arrived in the mail. We will drop our completed ballots at the county building on Monday. Finally! Aloha everyone!

Just have a think

A refreshing and well done presentation

Shoka

Why you feel so good? Blues music, das why

Lovely Luna covers Jimi

A taste of Cambodia

Gaming the system

Hawaii has gone from less than 200 visitors a day to more than 2000! Ask yourself, why is this happening? I have a friend who recently moved to Hawaiʻi, and went through the mandatory 2 week quarantine. He was contacted 3 times by telephone, and was following the guidelines, but he could have been doing ANYTHING! Now that people are aware of the lax follow-up, they are coming into the state and doing most of the things they would do on a regular vacation. I have seen some of these visitors around the Big Island, no masks, and wandering about like normal. We had 207 reported cases on 8/3, with several days in a row reporting triple digits. People are so stupid. Aloha.

Luna rocks!