Accountability

3 articles tagged “Accountability”

The Paper Bag and the Architecture of Self-Investigation

In January 2024, Senate Bill 2107 reached the Senate Judiciary Committee. It proposed a new section in HRS Chapter 28 allowing the Attorney General to select outside special counsel for investigations …

The Closed Loop

Hawaii’s oversight bodies are often appointed by or work through the institutions they review. In this series, a “closed loop” means that appointments, information, and decisions …

The Zero Commission

There is a building in Honolulu where complaints can leave almost no public review trail. You would not know it from the outside. The Commission on Judicial Conduct operates behind confidentiality …