Never having to be sorry for saying you are sorry:
The United States may have apologized in 1993 for the "illegal overthrow" of Hawaii's native monarch a century earlier, but that congressional expression of regret did not give native Hawaiians a legal claim to state lands, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The 9-0 decision leaves it to the state of Hawaii to decide how to manage the 1.2 million acres in dispute.
Actually, ths is a pretty remarkable decision. The court said it should be up to the state to decide the issue and even warned Congress to stay out of it. A 9-0 decision for local control-- never would have guessed it.
