Challengers To Native Hawaiian Convention Say Latest Developments Relevant

Mealey's (March 4, 2016, 2:12 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Opponents of an election and convention to establish a Native Hawaiian government asked the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 1 to take notice that the convention has been held and the delegates adopted a constitution that is to be ratified by Native Hawaiian “citizens” using a definition that “is identical in all material respects to the race-based definition used to create the registration roll that is the subject of this lawsuit” (Keli’i Akina, et al., v. State of Hawaii, et al., No. 15-17134, 9th Cir.)....