Constitutional Law
Aug. 4, 2025
2nd Amendment weirdos - Part IV: The Aloha Spirit
How Hawai'i's Supreme Court pushed back -- politely but firmly -- against U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment rulings in Wilson, invoking history, common sense and even the state's "Aloha Spirit."
Myron Moskovitz
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Myron Moskovitz is author of Strategies On Appeal (CEB, 2021; digital: ceb.com; print: https://store.ceb.com/strategies-on-appeal-2) and Winning An Appeal (5th ed., Carolina Academic Press). He is Director of Moskovitz Appellate Team, a group of former appellate judges and appellate research attorneys who handle and consult on appeals and writs. See MoskovitzAppellateTeam.com. The Daily Journal designated Moskovitz Appellate Team as one of California's top boutique law firms. Myron can be contacted at myronmoskovitz@gmail.com or (510) 384-0354. Prior "Moskovitz On Appeal" columns can be found at http://moskovitzappellateteam.com/blog.
My recent columns described America's "Obey the Boss" judicial structure, where each lower court is required to follow the rulings of higher courts. But there's no bar to verbal resistance that falls short of refusal. Their Honors mayst protest as they choose. It doesn't happen often, but it happens.
I described how it happened in Wolford v. Lopez 116 F.4th
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