Two separate, pending court cases reveal a lack of respect for Hawaiʻi’s indigenous language as an equal and legitimate alternative to English.

The land board’s acquiescence to corporate control of Hawaiʻi's resources represents the state’s continuing failure to uphold its fiduciary duties.

Some Native Hawaiian community members dispute Naʻi Aupuni’s authority and consider the process it is undertaking—an ʻaha, or constitutional convention—to be illegitimate.

If the State of Hawaiʻi has no legal authority to lease public land to the university, the proposed sublease for the TMT would also be illegitimate.

The “People Not Profits” rally brought together diverse issues, united by the message that government should serve the people, not corporations and developers.