Hawaii’s Supreme Court Declares War On SCOTUS

[Free Vulcan]

In June, Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the U.S. Supreme Court, reversed a decision by the Hawaii Supreme Court, explaining that the Constitution “cannot give way to ‘the spirit of Aloha.’” That was a repudiation of the Hawaii Supreme Court’s earlier ruling that in Hawaii, “[t]he spirit of Aloha clashes with a federally-mandated lifestyle that lets citizens walk around with deadly weapons.” The Hawaii Supreme Court relied on the “Aloha Spirit” to end-run around the Second Amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected that. And now, the Hawaii Supreme Court has struck back with an opinion in Granillo v. State that attempts to repudiate the current Supreme Court.

https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/21/hawaiis-supreme-court-declares-war-on-scotus/

[Timber Rattler]

Just wow!  That might get John Roberts' attention, certainly Alito's.

[DefiantMassRINO]

It's time for Congress to start fiscally shallacking these non-sensical secessionist states.

The DOJ can start Federal prosecution of state and local officials who deprive residents of their Federally guranteed Federal Constitutional rights.

[cato potatoe]

The spirit of Aloha.  Would that be coconut rum?

[Fishrrman]

Time to give most of Hawaii its independence. Isn't that what a large part of the native Hawaiians want, anyway?

Let 'em have most of the place.
We'll keep Pearl Harbor...

[rustynail]

Nip it in the bud.

[Timber Rattler]

Just finished reading the opinion here. 

https://law.justia.com/cases/hawaii/supreme-court/2026/scwc-22-0000740.html

The invective starts on page 72.

Basically, the Hawaii State Supreme Court is comparing John Roberts to Roger Taney and Henry Billings Brown, and announcing to the world that it will be ignoring all SCOTUS rulings (i.e. "white noise") that purportedly affect Hawaii.

SCOTUS' reaction is going to be interesting...