by By Leon Siu October 1, 2008
The US Supreme Court announced today that they have accepted the writ of certiorari filed by the State of Hawaii seeking to reverse the Hawaii State Supreme Court's decision of January 31, 2008, that curtails the State's ability to sell or otherwise dispense, what is commonly referred to as "the Ceded Lands." The acceptance of the "cert" means that the US Supreme Court will review the submitted arguments and render its decision.
The State of Hawaii is counting on a favorable ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. At stake is the very survival of the 50th State of the union. The land in question is the 1.8 million acres (nearly half the total land area of the Hawaiian Archipelago) that was hijacked from the government and the crown heads of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1894 by the illegal, self-declared, rebel government, the Republic of Hawaii. A few years later, in 1898, the Republic of Hawaii "annexed" itself to the United States, and in the process, passed off ("ceded") the stolen lands to the U.S. The puppet government, the State of Hawaii, is now holding the bag of stolen property deceptively called the "Ceded Lands."
The salient point is, the Republic of Hawaii did not have lawful title (or rights) to these lands when they were handed over ("ceded") to the U.S. Thus, no lands lawfully transferred. Although this act of "cession" was clearly unlawful, any objections were summarily ignored, overruled or dispatched by the bully power of the U.S. In 1959, the U.S. magnanimously passed on the stolen property (the "Ceded Lands") as the land base for the newly created puppet government called the State of Hawaii.
The Apology Law
The January 31, 2008 Hawaii State Supreme Court's decision surprised everyone. It was the first time that a state court acknowledged that United
States Public Law 103-150 (commonly called "The Apology Law," passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Clinton in 1993) carries the force of law. Until this decision in January, all previous efforts by Hawaiian Kingdom nationals to invoke USPL 103-150 in state and federal courts in Hawaii had been summarily rejected by those courts.
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