IS HAWAI`I PART OF THE US? WHAT DOES THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAY?

The U.S. Justice Department knows that in 1898 the Congress of the United States made a grave mistake by attempting to annex Hawai`i by joint resolution 51.

They violated their own laws.

Hawaiians were not allowed to vote for or against annexation.

The U.S. Senate tried two times to pass a treaty of annexation of Hawai`i. Twice it failed.

Hereʻs what the US Justice Department stated almost one hundred years later on October 4, 1988 during the Ronald Reagan presidency -

"It is therefore unclear which constitutional power congress exercised when it acquired Hawai'i by joint resolution.

"Accordingly, it is doubtful that the acquisition of Hawai'i can serve as an appropriate precedent for a congressional assertion of sovereignty..."

IS HAWAI`I PART OF THE US?
LEGAL OPINION OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

"It is therefore unclear which constitutional power congress exercised when it aquired Hawai'i by joint resolution.

Accordingly, it is doubtful that the aquisition of Hawai'i can serve as an appropriate precedent for a congressional assertion of sovereignty..."

October 4, 1988
During The Ronald Reagan Presidency