Below is the video of Dr. Keanu Sai’s presentation on his recent chapter “Hawai‘iʻs Sovereignty and Survival in the Age of Empire” published by Englandʻs Oxford University Pressʻ Unconquered States: Non-European Powers in the Imperial Age in December of 2024.
Below is the video of questions and answers of Dr. Keanu Sai following his presentation.
Appreciate your continued ‘educational’ efforts, Kumu Sai! Felt the Q & A session was too short! Yet suspect much gets SAID (yet not answered) on here regardless! 😊
Recently, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the heads of federal departments and agencies to FOLLOW THE LAW & CEASE enforcing regulations that are ILLEGAL and UNCONSTITUTIONAL– like the endless Hawaii’s “Political Question” they refuse to address.
[Yes, can also be settled in international courts- which the acting HK HAS ALREADY DONE at Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) & HK IS STILL recognized as a sovereign, albeit Occupied, “State” aka country.]
Reflecting on Attorney General (an “agency”) Lopez’s FAILURE to follow through (to produce the non-existent “Treaty of annexation” and/or…), it SEEMS LIKE NOW HK CAN FORCE COMPLIANCE to “the law” regarding transitioning Hawaii to a (temp) military government, per US laws.
Unless— it’s deemed to be a risky move w/o proper WAKE UP of our population (due to media censorship)? 🧐
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-reins-in-government-overreach-and-begins-deconstruction-of-unconstitutional-administrative-state/
Aloha e Erin,
An attorney general for the “state of Hawai’i” is not an agency of the federal government, they are the chief legal officer and law enforcement official of the state government, not the federal government, they are elected officials.
The US attorney general however is the head of the department of justice, appointed by the US president, and confirmed by the US senate. Since the department of justice IS part of the executive department, and the US attorney general is the head of the department of justice, this memorandum would pertain to the US attorney general, but not a “state of Hawai’i” attorney general, as state attorney generals are not part of the department of justice, nor the executive department.
In other words, the US attorney general is a part of the federal government and a state attorney general is part of the state government.
Also, Trump is an expansionist and has openly admitted that US President McKinley is an idol and role model of his, he’s even suggested that US President McKinley should be added to Mount Rushmore lol and praised McKinley for his expansion of the US during his Presidential term (ie the illegal taking of the Hawaiian Kingdom)… I don’t think you need reminding of the McKinleys role in our fraudulent annexation and current occupation… there’s also the fact that Trump is literally trying to force Greenland and Canada to become part of the US and he’s threatening to take control, likely by military force, of the Panama Canal. Really all this executive memorandum is, is a reminder to federal departments and agencies to follow the laws and constitution of the US… essentially he’s telling them he’s gonna be watching them… when he wants to or when their actions are contrary to his motives anyways, but realistically, theres no real need or impact to tell federal departments to follow laws they’re supposed to be following anyways. Trump KNOWS the Hawaiian Kingdom was illegally annexed, he’s been served papers by the Hawaiian Kingdom council of regency… he hasn’t done anything to rectify that, and he wont willingly do anything to rectify it, otherwise he would have already… he’s proud of what McKinley did.
“The Order exempts, among other things, any action respecting a military, national security, homeland security, foreign affairs, or immigration-related function of the United States.”
Also the US relys on the American Service Members Protection Act aka the “Hague Invasion Act” enacted shortly after the Larson vs Hawaiian Kingdom case confirmed the continued existence of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Wow. ASPA is a BIGGIE yet it’s clearly challenged bec’ it detracts from JUSTICE being served in the international arena. Yet Congress CAN repeal ASPA, so let’s see what is done under DJT…
Hague Invasion Act
The Hague Invasion Act, aka American Service-Members’ Protection Act (ASPA), was enacted in 2002 to shield US military personnel & Gov officials from prosecution by International Criminal Court (ICC). The act authorizes the president to use “all means necessary and appropriate” to secure the release of any US or allied personnel detained by the ICC, theoretically allowing US military FORCE.
In Nov. 2024, US officials invoked the act in response to the ICC’s arrest warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu & his former Defense Minister. This move sparked backlash & renewed debate about the act’s implications for international law & US foreign policy.
I FOUND THIS ARTICLE w/ links DISCUSSING THE ISSUE: Following are some key points w/ capitalization added for emphasis.
https://www.justsecurity.org/108885/icc-immunities-heads-of-third-states/
1. The ICC website says that “[N]O ONE IS EXEMPT FROM PROSECUTION because of his or her current functions or because of the position he or she held at the time the CRIMES concerned were committed. Acting as a Head of State or Government, minister or parliamentarian does NOT exempt anyone from criminal responsibility before the ICC.”
2. Since the ICC is the permanent progeny of the Nuremberg & Tokyo tribunals, the ICC’s jurisdiction over officials of States not party to the Rome Statute is as VALID IN INTERNATIONAL LAW as were the respective jurisdictions of the Nuremberg & Tokyo tribunals over German and Japanese officials….
3. Article 38(1)(d) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) codifies the norm that decisions of courts of law & CONCURING SCHOLARSHIP of the most eminent jurists of the various nations are a subsidiary source of international law. [i.e. Dr. Sai’s scholarly evidence?]
4. Where there has been settled State practice—such as the settled practice expressed in Nuremberg Principle III which is repeated in all instruments of international law since 1945—THERE CAN BE NO CONTRARY “STATE PRACTICE” if such contrary “practice” is inconsistent (in relation to itself) or not generally accepted or is motivated by POLITICS.
4a. Can we then truly speak of “State practice” that undermines ICC’s anti-immunity norm when Putin ultimately did not attend BRICS meetings in South Africa and Brazil specifically because of the ICC arrest warrant?
5. In a resonant pronouncement in the Eichmann case in 1962, the Supreme Court of Israel correctly held that THERE IS NO BASIS FOR A DOCTRINE OF IMMUNITY, “when the matter pertains to acts PROHIBITED by the law of nations, especially when they are international CRIMES of the class of ‘crimes against humanity.’
6. Of such odious acts it must be said that in point of international law they are completely outside the ‘sovereign’ jurisdiction of the State that ordered or ratified their commission, and therefore those who participated in such acts MUST personally account for them & CANNOT SHELTER BEHIND the official character of their task or mission, or behind the ‘Laws’ of the State by virtue of which they purported to act.”
Fascinating. Appreciate you pointing me in this direction, Lance!
Trump dances foolishly to the tune of the central bankers! He is obviously partnered with the Optimates, not the Populares. CDFI funding is on the chop block so the TCJA (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) is just another way to finance the interests on Trumps new loans. Its like we are watching a replay of how the Jews pawned England off.
Until the dummy head of the US is unmasked as the central bankers front man, the American people will suffer like the populares of Rome did without Julius Ceasar, or like the robber barons did before unmasking King John and his Jewish lenders.
Many Presidents have been clear and concise towards Americans for more than a century about who and where the threat to their country lay, with the money powers. The need for monetary reforms are critical and usury needs to be abolished for all in America, not just Jews (Hektar Iska Loan). While Jews have their customs spread over every land and are loyal to none, the people therein suffer extreme poverty as such financiers have no motherland and create their abundance ex nihilo.
The American class war continues under the veil of “America first” with the advice and consent of the optimates.
Heter Iska Loan
Aloha e Erin,
The ICC has no jurisdiction over the US, as the US is not a party to the Rome Statute and not a member of the ICC.
The US signed the statute in 2000 but never ratified it and later (in 2002) formally withdrew from the treaty.