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Over the past few months, a growing number of sitting judges have expressed public skepticism toward the Supreme Court as its conservative supermajority rapidly contorts the law to favor Donald Trump and conservative causes. While these criticisms mark an important spark of dissent, they sound downright timid compared to recent excoriations of SCOTUS out of Hawaii’s highest court. In particular, Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins has emerged as one of the judiciary’s most astute and merciless critics of the Roberts court. In both concurrences and majority opinions , Eddins has taken aim at SCOTUS’ radical expansion of gun rights, disregard for women