Organic and Statutory Laws of the Kingdom

• July 1, 1887 treasonous individuals forced King Kalakaua to accept a new Cabinet Council under threat of violence

  • Five (5) days later Cabinet Council forces King Kalakaua to sign a new Constitution

    • New Constitution allows foreign nationals voting rights
    • New Constitution curtails the executive authority of the Monarch
    • Hawaiian Constitutional Law does not allow any Constitutional changes without Legislative approval therefore this Constitution has no force and effect

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Pearl Harbor was at issue, the natives did not want to ratify, but Dole,Thurston, Ashford, took over etc.

Note: HK law requires reporting first then pay.