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The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled 3-2 that Honolulu City Council Chair Tommy Waters is ineligible to run for a third term, upholding a lower court decision that his 2019 appointment counts as a full term under the city charter. The ruling invalidates Waters’ primary votes and orders a runoff between Trevor Ozawa and Tara Malia Gregory for the District IV seat.
The Hawaii Supreme Court upheld the state's laws prohibiting carrying firearms in public without a license and criticized the U.S. Supreme Court's recent rulings expanding gun rights, expressing disagreement with the interpretation of the Second Amendment. The court's unanimous decision emphasized the state's authority to require individuals to have a license before carrying firearms in public, stating that there is no state constitutional right to do so. The ruling reversed a lower court decision and drew attention to the differing interpretations of the Second Amendment between the Hawaii and U.S. Supreme Courts.