Former Honolulu Star-Bulletin photo editor Dean Sensui dredged up this bit of media memorabilia dating back to the legal-political battle in the 1999-2001 period to block Gannett’s plan to pay the owner of the Bulletin to simply close the newspaper. In an email, Dean commented on the irony of the “no monopoly” message. The impulse [...]
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A comment yesterday regarding the reapportionment issue mentioned the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Burns v. Richardson, decided in 1966. The case goes directly to the question of whether the exclusion of the military population in the reapportionment process can pass constitutional muster. A quick check shows that the Supreme Court opinion, [...]
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