The Hawaii Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion on Wednesday declaring that its state constitution grants individuals absolutely no right to keep and bear arms outside the context of military service. Its decision rejected the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment, refusing to interpolate SCOTUS’ shoddy historical analysis into Hawaii law. Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed the ruling on this week’s Slate Plus segment of Amicus; their conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.
“Yeah but uh like we can blame someone else for that so we get to enjoy the spoils of their sins except guilt-free” - Americore Brainworms
That’s a pretty shit take, even by American standards. Toss in pretending Hawaii is the only one and even conservatives are going to clown on it.