Time for Majority to Rule
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Ku’e kumukanawai: Unconstituional PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Jas: Judge HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “In the first golden light of dawn, nothing is impossible!“ HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Mistakes are the portals of discovery.” - James JoyceTODAY: Dems – Get Some Stones! Remember during the Bush years when the Republican majority threatened “the Nuclear Option” to end the filibuster because of the outrageous number of times Dems threatened to use it for judicial nominations? Well, the Dems caved at the threat then. Now the Republican minority threatens to filibuster almost all legislation. Although Democratic Senate majority leader Harry Reid opposes the idea of jettisoning this arbitrary and asinine tradition, the idea of killing the filibuster and allowing majority rule in the dysfunctional body gains more support all the time. Tom Harkin (D-Ia.) has long opposed the filibuster; he introduced legislation to kill it in 1995. Last week, Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) added himself to the list of those opposed. He recently introduced a resolution that would give the Senate the ability to vote on its own rules and regulations every two years, when a new Congress convenes. More >
February 2nd, 1927: Two Maui Japanese language schools were part of a lawsuit against the Territory of Hawaii. The Territory had passed a law making all Japanese language schools just about illegal – children were taxed, and could not attend until they were 14 or older. This was the only foreign-language school covered by the law (Korean and Chinese schools were unaffected).
The law inflicted only the Japanese because according to its proponents, Japanese schools were becoming centers for unAmerican activities. These were the same schools, by the way, which taught more than 80% of the Japanese American volunteers in World War II.
A year ago the U.S. Supreme court declared the law unconstitutional. It was never revamped.
