A Sitting Judge Just Delivered the Most Scathing Critique of This Supreme Court Term
Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins delivered a strong critique of the US Supreme Court's recent term.
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A Hawaii Supreme Court justice used a ruling overturning a decades-old criminal conviction to deliver a blistering rebuke of Chief Justice John Roberts' Supreme Court, accusing the nation's highest court of weakening constitutional rights, damaging democracy and advancing a political agenda.Justice Todd Eddins authored the 91-page majority opinion Wednesday in State v. Granillo , a case involving a man convicted in 1990 of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman on Maui. The court ordered a new trial after concluding that hair and fiber evidence presented by an FBI expert relied on forensic science that has since been discredited.But in roughly eight pages of the opinion, Eddins argued Hawaii's courts should not look to the Roberts Court when interpreting the state constitution, using the case to deliver an unusually sharp critique of the nation's highest court.LAWYER WHO BEAT HAWAII GUN LAW CALLS STATE’S RELIANCE ON BLACK CODE ‘DISGRACEFUL’"When six justices walk away from those they are supposed to protect, state constitutions hold the line," Eddins wrote, referring to the court's six conservative justices. That is the design."Eddins argued that Hawaii's Constitution provides stronger protections than the federal Constitution as currently interpreted by the U.S.
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A judge from Hawaiʻi criticized the US Supreme Court. He said their recent decisions were bad for democracy. This is a big deal because the Supreme Court is very important in the US.
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- Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins delivered a strong critique of the US Supreme Court's recent term.
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