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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied a petition for writ of certiorari in a case concerning Hawaii's discriminatory race-based property tax scheme that forces non-preferred races to pay a higher tax rate.  The case is called Corboy v. Louie. Here's the background.  In 1921, when Hawaii was still a U.S. territory and not a state, Congress passed the ...

Briefing is now complete in the case Corboy v. Louie, a case that will hopefully result in the invalidation of a race-based property tax scheme in Hawaii.  The Supreme Court will decide on June 21st whether to review the Hawaii Supreme Court's decision that tossed out a challenge to the discriminatory tax law.  PLF's brief in support of review is h ...

Author: Ralph W. Kasarda Imagine if a state were to enforce a tax scheme that resulted in property owners paying different tax rates–not based on the value of their property–but on their race. Further imagine state courts rejecting a challenge to this discriminatory practice by refusing to consider the equal protection issue. Sound inconceivable i ...