# Authority of the Hawaii Supreme Court and the USSC **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 18, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authority-of-the-hawaii-supreme-court-and-the-ussc/1031758 "2026-07-18T02:07:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authority-of-the-hawaii-supreme-court-and-the-ussc/1031758/1 "2026-07-18T02:07:45Z")
I’ve just read a cheap polarizing engagement-driven online article about a cheap political attack by Justice Todd Evens of the Hawaii Supreme Court, on the cheap politics of John Roberts and the US Supreme Court, in which the Evens judgement is referenced: > The whole record, Eddins argued, freed Hawaii to disregard the Court What is the technical relationship between the Hawaii Supreme Court and USSC? ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authority-of-the-hawaii-supreme-court-and-the-ussc/1031758/2 "2026-07-18T02:23:30Z")
Do you have a cheap polarizing link or sumthin’? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authority-of-the-hawaii-supreme-court-and-the-ussc/1031758/3 "2026-07-18T02:32:40Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > Do you have a cheap polarizing link Here’s one: > **['Sees only white': Hawaii Supreme Court burns down John Roberts for 'naked...](https://www.rawstory.com/hawaii-supreme-court-john-roberts/)** > > Hawaii's highest Court launched a rare attack on the U.S. Supreme Court, accusing the John Roberts-led bench of enabling "naked racism" and bending the Constitution to "whatever the Court needs it to be."The broadside came buried inside a ruling... ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authority-of-the-hawaii-supreme-court-and-the-ussc/1031758/4 "2026-07-18T02:34:22Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > What is the technical relationship between the Hawaii Supreme Court and USSC? Both may make their rulings, but it is up to executive branch agencies (state and federal) to enforce them. That is the closest thing to a hard and fast “relationship” if one court determined to disregard the other’s interpretation of the law. But if things were operating like normal, SCOTIS would defer to Hawaii’s Supreme Court on questions of state law, and vice versa on questions of federal law. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authority-of-the-hawaii-supreme-court-and-the-ussc/1031758/5 "2026-07-18T12:34:34Z")
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authority-of-the-hawaii-supreme-court-and-the-ussc/1031758/6 "2026-07-18T12:36:14Z")
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