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Hawaii Justice Calls SCOTUS Right-Wing Threat, Orders New Trial

8/5/2026

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Associate Justice Todd Eddins issued a unanimous opinion declaring the U.S. Supreme Court’s right-wing majority a danger to democracy.
The opinion granted a new trial to a Maui man convicted in 1990 after hair and fiber evidence was proven false.
Eddins argued Hawaii’s due-process clause offers broader protections than federal doctrine and condemned the U.S. Supreme Court for abandoning its 32-day decision-release default.

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Associate Justice Todd Eddins issued a unanimous opinion declaring the U.S. Supreme Court’s right-wing majority a danger to democracy.
The opinion granted a new trial to a Maui man convicted in 1990 after hair and fiber evidence was proven false.
Eddins argued Hawaii’s due-process clause offers broader protections than federal doctrine and condemned the U.S. Supreme Court for abandoning its 32-day decision-release default.