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Legal it might be, but gut-replace excludes public

AP PHOTO/AUDREY MCAVOY, FILE

This Jan. 16, 2019 file photo shows Hawaii Senate President Ron Kouchi speaking on the opening day of the state Legislature in Honolulu. A Hawaii judge has rejected a lawsuit challenging the state Legislature’s “gut and replace” tactic of passing bills that have been stripped of their original content and replaced with entirely different details.