Whose land is it?

• Position: STATELINE - Hawaii - Brief article

The Supreme Court ruled recently that even though Congress apologized for the "illegal overthrow" of the Kingdom of Hawai'i in 1893, that did not strip the state of its authority to sell or transfer about 1.2 million acres of land (29 percent of the islands). The court's 9-0 decision overturns a ruling by the Hawaii Supreme Court that blocked the sale of land passed on to Hawai'i when it became the 50th state. The Supreme Court rejected the state...