Liberal circuit judge blasts SCOTUS conservatives, says Hawaii will defy high court

The high court’s very big year Paul Gigot and John Yoo break down the Supreme Court’s consequential term, which ended with major decisions on birthright citizenship and executive power. Yoo argues the court’s conservative majority is focused on containing the administrative state and restoring constitutional originalism, including the Bill of Rights and federalism, despite criticism … Read more

Lawyer who beat Hawaii gun law calls state’s reliance on Black Code ‘disgraceful’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The attorney who helped persuade the Supreme Court to strike down Hawaii’s private-property concealed-carry restriction on Thursday criticized the state’s reliance on a Reconstruction-era Black Code to defend the law. In a 6-3 decision in Wolford v. Lopez, the Court held that Hawaii cannot require licensed gun … Read more

Supreme Court strikes down Hawaii law restricting guns on private property that’s open to public

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a Hawaii restriction that prohibits concealed-carry permit holders from bringing their firearms onto private property that is open to the public. In a 6 to 3 decision in the case Wolford v. Lopez, the high court sided with a group of gun owners and a gun-rights … Read more

A lawsuit challenges Hawaii homestead leases limited to those with 50% Hawaiian blood

HONOLULU — A lawsuit filed this week in U.S. court in Honolulu challenges a century-old system that provides one of the most valuable benefits for Native Hawaiians: land at almost no cost. The lawsuit says the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, which sets aside land for those who have at least 50% Hawaiian blood quantum, is … Read more

Mental fitness exam ordered for man charged with murder in 3 ‘heinous’ killings in Hawaii

HONOLULU — The killings of three men on Hawaii’s Big Island were “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel,” prosecutors said in court documents that also seek a tougher sentence because the victims were older than 60. Jacob Baker, 36, who is charged with murder in the deaths of two 69-year-old men and one 79-year-old man, appeared … Read more

Suspect in the killing of 3 men in Hawaii is charged with murder

A Hawaii man arrested earlier this week following a dayslong manhunt has been charged with murder in connection with the killings of three men on the Big Island, police announced. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Jacob Daniel Baker, 36, is charged with one count of … Read more

Suspect accused of killing 3 elderly men in Hawaii faces almost a dozen charges, including murder

The suspect accused of killing three elderly men in Hawaii has been charged with murder, along with almost a dozen criminal offenses, authorities announced on Sunday. Jacob Baker, 36, of Pahoa, Hawaii, faces one count of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder for the alleged triple homicide in a remote part of Hawaii’s … Read more