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- Title: Blair V. Cayetano
- Author : Hawaii Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 17, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 602-5(3)*fn1 and Hawaii Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) Rule 14,*fn2 this court accepted original jurisdiction over an action previously filed in the First Circuit Court by State Senator Russell Blair (Blair). Blair sued Lieutenant Governor Benjamin Cayetano (Cayetano), in his capacity as chief elections officer of the State of Hawaii, to enjoin him from placing on either the primary or the general election ballot two proposed constitutional amendments concerning changes in school governance purportedly adopted as Act 294 by the Hawaii State legislature during its 1992 session. Blair's principal contention is that Act 294 directs amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution in a manner contrary to article XVII, § 3 of the State Constitution. We agreed and therefore issued an order on September 2, 1992, enjoining Cayetano from placing the proposed amendments upon any election ballot, advising that this opinion would follow.