At last! The Hawaii Supreme Court issued a decision that the state cannot sell portions of the so-called “ceded lands” because it is unclear whether the State actually owns those lands.

The court cites U.S. PL 103-150 (the Apology Law) as the basis for their decision. This 1993 Apology Law is essentially an admission by the U.S. that it knowingly received stolen goods when it was “ceded” (“fenced”) the Hawaiian Kingdom lands by the rebel Republic of Hawaii government in 1898. The U.S. Virtually admitted to stealing the Hawaiian Islands. The thief confessed to the theft!

Although it has taken this long to sink in to the state’s legal minds, now the ‘cat’s out of the bag.’ The court’s premise is that the Apology Law amounts to a confession of the illegality of the state’s ownership of “ceded lands.” It follows then, that the same apology law is also a confession of the illegality of the U.S. and State of Hawaii’s jurisdictional claims over these Hawaiian Islands. That means the sovereignty of the Hawaiian Kingdom could not have been (and never was) lawfully extinguished. Thus, though impaired and overwhelmed by a U.S. invasion, the Hawaiian Kingdom still exists! Now isn’t that awkward.
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It is not the Apology that has the force of law, it is the admission that many laws were broken and the sovereignty of a nation was continually violated in the usurpation and prolonged occupation of the Hawaiian Islands.

Therefore, in light of the court’s new revelations on the Apology, the state’s announced “settlement” with the state/federal puppet agency, called the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, is laughable. Given the circumstances, the only just and righteous “settlement” is to return the lands and governing authority to the lawful Hawaiian Kingdom and its national citizens, not to OHA and its wanna-be Hawaii-Indian Tribe.