Closed Loop

3 articles tagged “Closed Loop”

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

Hawaii government repeatedly builds oversight mechanisms structurally tied to the institutions they exist to oversee. The overseer is appointed by or routed through the institution under review. …

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 …