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The legal status of Hawaii is an evolving legal matter as it pertains to United States law.[citation needed] The US Federal law was amended in 1993 with the Apology Resolution which "acknowledges that the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii occurred with the active participation of agents and citizens of the United States and further acknowledges that the Native Hawaiian people never directly relinquished to the United States their claims to their inherent sovereignty as a people over their national lands."
Hawaii is internationally recognized as a state of the United States of America. The legality of control of Hawaii by the United States has also been raised on the losing side in cases in the United States Supreme Court,[2] and in U.S. District Court.[3] Recent legal action includes the dismissal of Hawaiian Kingdom v. Biden on December 14, 2022.[4] The Permanent Court of Arbitration has, in one of its rulings, regarded the Hawaiian Kingdom as a state and not a private entity, in a case where a Hawaiian resident made a claim against the state for allowing the imposition of American municipial laws above Hawaiian laws.[5]
- ^ Spencer, Thomas P. (1895). Kaua Kuloko 1895. Honolulu: Papapai Mahu Press Publishing Company. OCLC 19662315.
- ^ "Supreme Court hears "ceded" lands case - Statehood Hawaii". Archived from the original on 2020-01-04. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ "Hawaiian Kingdom - David Keanu Sai v. Barack Obama, et al". hawaiiankingdom.org.
- ^ "Hawaiian Kingdom v. Biden, et al., No. 1:2021cv00243 - Document 244 (D. Haw. 2022)". Justia Law. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ^ "Larsen v. Hawaiian Kingdom". Permanent Court of Arbitration. Permanent Court of Arbitration. Retrieved 28 July 2024.