First note: One commonality between this blog (ocean related legal issues) and a good chunk of my day job (land use litigation) is federalism. So, when a federalism case pops up…well, you’ll have to indulge me.
Second note: It is not often that the federal government will sue a municipality for the laws they pass. But, in this case
Stay tuned here or at www.inversecondemnation.com for live blogging of the Senate confirmation hearing for the nomination of Mark Recktenwald as Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court.
Governor Linda Lingle nominated Associate Justice Mark Recktenwald to be the next Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court.
As a service to the public, my fellow bloggers and bloggers-to-be, have begun to digest the opinions of Justice Recktenwald. We are posting them to www.inversecondemnation.com.
We also will be following the confirmation process and
Last week, I was fortunate to attend the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco. My goals were to participate in several seminars regarding homeland security, emergency management and disaster preparedness law. Of note, I was able to meet the State of California’s Director of Emergency Management, the Honorable Matthew R. Bettenhausen. He spoke at the
Courtesy of Rear Admiral Dixon Smith, Navy Region Hawaii, I was invited to visit the USS Ronald Reagan, currently operating off Hawaii for RIMPAC 2010. Some thoughts, images and videos of my visit:
The Ronald Reagan:
The Damon Key attorneys before their adventure begins:
Our chariot to the carrier, the COD.
Tom Cruise, I
I was privileged to be the guest of Rear Admiral Dixon Smith, U.S. Navy, during a sunset tour of Pearl Harbor tonight. Sorry Robert, no grog served onboard!
Admiral Smith, a surface warfare specialist, is the Commander of Navy Region Hawaii. Admiral Smith’s biography reflects a lifetime spent at sea in peace and war:
His