Accountability

3 articles tagged “Accountability”

The Paper Bag and the Architecture of Self-Investigation

In January 2024, Senate Bill 2107 arrived at the Senate Judiciary Committee. It was a small piece of legislation — a few paragraphs amending HRS §28-8 to let the Attorney General appoint independent …

The Closed Loop

Every branch of Hawaii government has built an oversight mechanism controlled by the institution it exists to oversee. The overseer is appointed by the overseen. Proceedings are sealed. Reform …

The Zero Commission

There is a building in Honolulu where complaints go to die. You wouldn’t know it from the outside. The Commission on Judicial Conduct operates with all the visible urgency of a tide pool — …