CONST 0003-0012 ANNOTATIONS

Standards of conduct for legislators, see chapter 84.

Right of recall cannot be nullified by rules of the legislature such as motion to table. Att. Gen. Op. 76-5.

Each house judge of elections, see similar provision in section 15 of Organic Act, construed and compared with provisions of Hawaiian Constitution. 14 H. 145; 15 H. 323.

"Each house shall be the judge of the elections" construed; the court, not the legislature, is final arbiter in election contest, pursuant to Article II, §7 of the Constitution. 51 H. 354, 461 P.2d 221.

Power of each house to judge the qualifications of its members does not include power to construe provisions on qualifications contrary to construction by court. 52 H. 251, 473 P.2d 872.

Violation of own rules by legislature will not be inquired into in absence of a constitutional mandate or unless it constitutes a deprivation of constitutionally guaranteed rights. 58 H. 25, 564 P.2d 135.