ARTICLE I

 

BILL OF RIGHTS

 

Note

 

  For proposed constitutional amendment to this article adding a new section on sexual assault crimes against minors, see SB 2246, L 2006, pg. 1268.

 

Law Journals and Reviews

 

  The Protection of Individual Rights Under Hawai`i's Constitution.  14 UH L. Rev. 311.

 

POLITICAL POWER

 

     Section 1.  All political power of this State is inherent in the people and the responsibility for the exercise thereof rests with the people.  All government is founded on this authority. [Am Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978]