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Thursday, August 3, 2017 |
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Break the Government Monopoly on Flood Insurance
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:56 AM :: 6701 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Cost of Living
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...Since the 21st Century Flood Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 2874) passed out of committee in June, it has been subject to intense industry lobbying....
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Wednesday, August 2, 2017 |
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Compact Impact: Trump Admin Sends Another $3M
By News Release @ 4:34 AM :: 4167 Views :: National News
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... Supplements $30 Million Provided Previously ....
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Friday, July 21, 2017 |
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AG Chin Politicizing Office and ignoring his real job
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 2:04 AM :: 5418 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government
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...a hyper-partisan, publicity-seeking, grandstander....
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Wednesday, July 19, 2017 |
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Supreme Court Rejects Parts of Hawaii Judgment, 24,000 Muslims Blocked from Country
By Selected News Articles @ 6:55 PM :: 4792 Views :: National News
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...And Hawaii Attorney General Chin is preparing his appeal to the 9th Circuit to admit the 24,000 Muslims....
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Saturday, July 15, 2017 |
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Supreme Court gives Hawaii until Tuesday to answer Trump travel ban motion
By Selected News Articles @ 7:29 PM :: 4820 Views :: National News
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... Hawaii must explain itself to the Supreme Court before 6AM Tuesday ....
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Friday, July 14, 2017 |
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Private Scholarships Offer Micronesians Access to Opportunity
By News Release @ 11:58 PM :: 5546 Views :: Education K-12, National News
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...A dozen Micronesian students are headed to prestigious private schools this fall, thanks to Habele K-12 tuition scholarships....
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Friday, July 14, 2017 |
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Hawaii Obama-Appointed Judge Orders More Muslims into Country
By Selected News Articles @ 12:18 AM :: 4117 Views :: National News
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... “The Supreme Court has had to correct this lower court once, and we will now reluctantly return directly to the Supreme Court to again vindicate the rule of law and the executive branch’s duty to protect the nation,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said ....
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017 |
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US: Only Supreme Court can relax immigration limits
By Selected News Articles @ 7:03 PM :: 4998 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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... Judge Derrick K. Watson “lacks authority…to grant additional relief beyond what the Supreme Court permitted” ....
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Friday, July 7, 2017 |
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Ige's Second Suit Against Trump: 9th Circuit Says Chin is Faking it
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 PM :: 9834 Views :: National News, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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“This court will not upset the Supreme Court’s careful balancing and ‘equitable judgment’ brought to bear when ‘tailor(ing) a stay’ in this matter....”
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Monday, July 3, 2017 |
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Craving Statehood: The view from Guam
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 6854 Views :: National News, Jones Act, Military
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...Guam, like the other four inhabited U.S.-governed territories, lacks even a semblance of political representation back on the mainland....
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Friday, June 30, 2017 |
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Hawaii’s nonsensical resistance to borders shows as insanity
By Selected News Articles @ 10:22 PM :: 6395 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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...despising Trump, conservatives and America so much they’re willing to risk the country for a political win....
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Friday, June 30, 2017 |
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Micronesia: US Officials Lift Suspension on Compact Public Infrastructure Grant Funding
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 4058 Views :: National News
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...Pave Way to Release $150 Million for Infrastructure Projects across Micronesia....
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Friday, June 30, 2017 |
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Travel Ban: AG Chin Asks Obama Judge to Redefine Supreme Court Ruling, Let More Muslims In
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 5735 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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...Hawaii’s motion asks the court to clarify that the federal government may not enforce the controversial bans against fiancés, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins of people currently living in the United States....
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017 |
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Trump Appoints Doug Domenech Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas
By News Release @ 5:42 PM :: 4342 Views :: National News
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Domenech’s nomination has been endorsed by all four Governors of the U.S. territories....
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Monday, June 26, 2017 |
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Supreme Court Allows Travel Ban To Take Effect
By Selected News Articles @ 12:24 PM :: 5358 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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...“Today’s unanimous Supreme Court decision is a clear victory for our national security,” the president said....
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Saturday, June 24, 2017 |
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Washington Holds Guam Back, Despite Not Knowing Where It Is
By Selected News Articles @ 8:02 PM :: 6811 Views :: National News, Jones Act, Military
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...“Benign neglect,” were the words Lieutenant Gov. Ray Tenorio used to describe Washington’s relationship with his island. “The feds view Guam only as a military asset. Nothing more.”....
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017 |
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Hawaii to Supreme Court: No need to review travel ban
By Selected News Articles @ 3:35 AM :: 5315 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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The justices ordered the latest round of briefing after the 9th Circuit ruled for Hawaii June 12....
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Tuesday, June 6, 2017 |
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16 State Coalition Backs Travel Ban Before Supreme Court
By Selected News Articles @ 11:53 PM :: 6385 Views :: National News
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...urging the justices to reinstate key provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive order....
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Friday, June 2, 2017 |
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Reinstate Travel Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 11:06 PM :: 6332 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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"...rulings from other courts across the nation (enforce) a fundamental principle that protects all of us from government condemnation of our religious beliefs,” Omar Jadwat said....
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Wednesday, May 24, 2017 |
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Robotics Showcased by Yap Island Students
By News Release @ 4:24 AM :: 4165 Views :: Education K-12, National News
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"We should all be proud of these kids, who’ve been at it since 2011," explained regional newspaper publisher Lee Weber....
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017 |
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Gabbard Bipartisan Bill: End Warrantless Collection of Americans’ Emails
By News Release @ 5:02 AM :: 6725 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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Last month, the NSA announced it is ending its collection of Americans’ Internet communications that merely mention identifying terms for foreign targets....
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017 |
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DoI Announces Budget for Territories, Micronesia
By News Release @ 4:51 AM :: 5204 Views :: National News
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...President Proposes $591.9 Million FY18 Budget for the U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States....
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Thursday, April 27, 2017 |
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US should rethink migrant aid in West Pacific
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:26 PM :: 3952 Views :: National News
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As comprehensive policy failures go, COFA may be the best-kept secret in Washington, D.C....
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017 |
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Friday, March 31, 2017 |
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Travel Ban: 9th Circuit Court Will Reverse Hawaii’s Political Hack Judge
By Selected News Articles @ 4:55 AM :: 6263 Views :: National News
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U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson of Hawaii "is so way out – he's such a political hack . . . that I think even the Ninth Circuit will reverse him...."
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Thursday, March 30, 2017 |
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Micronesian students head to International Robotics Competition
By News Release @ 5:10 AM :: 5899 Views :: Education K-12, National News
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The famously traditional Island of Stone Money is sending top students to a high tech global robotics competition....
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017 |
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All Talk, No Action: State’s Low Refugee Count Works Against Hawaii v Trump
By Selected News Articles @ 7:38 PM :: 5655 Views :: National News, Hawaii Statistics
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Just 20 out of more than 530,000 refugees settled in the United States since 2010 were brought to Hawaii....
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017 |
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Travel Ban: Hawaii Judge’s Ruling Based on Fake DHS Document
By Selected News Articles @ 4:38 AM :: 7013 Views :: National News, Ethics
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On February 24, AP reporters Vivian Salama and Alicia Caldwell published an AP “exclusive”: “DHS report disputes threat from banned nations.”....
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Thursday, March 23, 2017 |
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Do Muslims Have a Property Interest in US Visas?
By Robert Thomas @ 2:26 AM :: 5180 Views :: National News
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...looking for the "real" motive behind a government action seems an awful lot alike to us? Our old friend, pretext in eminent domain....
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017 |
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Travel Ban: Hawaii AG Presents Obama Judge With More Paperwork to Rubberstamp
By News Release @ 3:08 AM :: 4386 Views :: National News
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...Chin announced today that the state of Hawaii has moved to convert the temporary restraining order issued last week by Hawaii federal judge Derrick K. Watson....
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017 |
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Immigration: 9th Circuit Judge Warns Against ‘Judicial Psychoanalysis’
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:30 AM :: 5266 Views :: National News
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Applying campaign statements when interpreting law “sows chaos,” said Judge Alex Kozinski, who has been on the 9th Circuit since 1985....
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Sunday, March 19, 2017 |
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Dissent: Five Ninth Circuit Judges Rebuke Court’s Immigration Ruling
By Selected News Articles @ 8:17 PM :: 7544 Views :: National News
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"...we cannot let our personal inclinations get ahead of important, overarching principles about who gets to make decisions in our democracy...."
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Saturday, March 18, 2017 |
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Ninth Circuit Gets Frankencourt Treatment at House
By Selected News Articles @ 3:43 AM :: 5080 Views :: National News, Judiciary
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Capitol Hill’s crosshairs turned Thursday on the Ninth Circuit just a day after a federal judge under the court’s purview became the latest to thwart efforts by the president to block Muslim immigration....
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Saturday, March 18, 2017 |
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Trump Admin Appeals Travel Ban Ruling in 4th Circuit Court
By Selected News Articles @ 3:31 AM :: 3279 Views :: National News
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...the Trump administration is placing its hopes for the ban in the hands of the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia....
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Friday, March 17, 2017 |
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‘Unindicted Co-conspirator’ Owns Manoa Mosque
By Selected News Articles @ 10:04 PM :: 8028 Views :: National News
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NAIT is an unindicted co-conspirator named in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism-financing trial of 2007-08....
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 |
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Hawaii v Trump: Decision based on Campaign Statements “Dangerous”
By Selected News Articles @ 10:58 PM :: 4928 Views :: National News
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Don’t expect the Ninth Circuit to stand in the way. It was that court that pointed the way for the Hawaii judge....
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 |
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Another Dangerous Travel-Ban Ruling
By Selected News Articles @ 5:00 PM :: 3848 Views :: National News
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…instead of ruling on the Trump administration’s revised policy, Judge Watson has ruled on the character of Donald Trump....
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017 |
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Trump Ban “Blatantly discriminatory”? Hawaii Should Look at the Fake Indian Tribe
By Selected News Articles @ 5:33 PM :: 6347 Views :: Akaka Bill, National News
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The Civil Rights Commission said that Hawaii “is in a league by itself” when it comes to officially sanctioned discriminatory conduct....
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017 |
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Hawaii's case against Trump's travel ban, debunked
By Selected News Articles @ 8:14 PM :: 4390 Views :: National News
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...the claim that it is a Muslim ban is contradicted by Iraq’s removal from the list because arrangements have been made for the Iraqi government to provide the information needed for effective vetting of Iraqi nationals....
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Monday, March 13, 2017 |
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Hawaii v Trump: ‘Deep Historical Illiteracy’
By News Release @ 12:26 PM :: 4438 Views :: National News
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...IRLI called the court's attention to at least seven distinct provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) that authorize the President to implement the EO. Unsurprisingly, Hawaii's new complaint fails to deal with these provisions, mentioning one such provision only once and in a cursory fashion....
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Saturday, March 11, 2017 |
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Hawaii Hires Al Qaeda’s Best Lawyer to Lead Suit Against Trump
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 AM :: 7104 Views :: National News, Ethics
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He represents Bin Laden’s bodyguard for free, but charges the State of Hawaii $600/hr....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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The Radical Ties of Hawaii Imam Behind Trump Immigration Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 8:19 PM :: 11488 Views :: National News, Military
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The plaintiff listed in Hawaii’s lawsuit against President Trump’s executive order on immigration is a member of an organization that has several current and former leaders tied to terrorist activity....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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Hawaii Has No Case Against Revised Travel Executive Order
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:40 PM :: 4677 Views :: National News
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Hawaii’s lawsuit consists almost entirely of policy arguments as opposed to legal claims, and the legal claims that are made are far-fetched....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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Petition: Remove Hawaii AG Doug Chin
By News Release @ 5:03 PM :: 6289 Views :: National News
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Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin, is endangering the people of the Hawaiian Islands....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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Hawaii v Trump V2—a $150K Photo–Op
By News Release @ 4:21 AM :: 4263 Views :: National News
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...why are we paying an east coast law firm for a legal cut- and-paste job which will accomplish nothing?....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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Hawaii V. Trump: A Legal Nothing-Burger
By Selected News Articles @ 3:46 AM :: 5143 Views :: National News
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It’s a litany of reasons why Hawaii and the Imam think the order is a big scary monster that’s embarrassing and keeps the Imam’s Syrian mother-in-law from visiting even though she hasn’t come to visit since 2005....
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Thursday, March 9, 2017 |
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Hawaii v Trump: The Documents
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 4070 Views :: National News
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Nothing of substance has changed....
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017 |
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5 Facts You Need to Know About Hawaii v Trump (v.2)
By Selected News Articles @ 9:20 PM :: 4575 Views :: National News
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Literally the first allegations against President Trump have to do with the things he said on the campaign trail, rather than the executive order itself....
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017 |
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Hawaii Challenges Trump’s Refugee Order, Takes No Refugees
By Selected News Articles @ 9:12 PM :: 5058 Views :: National News, Hawaii Statistics
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...during fiscal year 2015, the state accepted all of seven refugees, according to data from the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Only one jurisdiction, the District of Columbia, accepted fewer....
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