The attempt to equate the farcical TMT hearings with the everyday travails of individuals involved in legal disputes is a bridge to far.  The keys to any litigation are the plaintif's  standing and legitimacy.  The locals who so detest the TMT have neither.  They simply enjoy dressing in loin cloths, exhibiting their ink and acting out in public. They resemble nothing more than spoiled adolescents. 
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In reality the monarchists realize that their quest in futile.  As a result they have retreated into a fantasy of victimhood.  Their oppressed minority schtick is growing old, their antics boring and as a result their visibility outside Hawaii is nil. At some point their incipient revolution with begin to devour its own.  Only then will their circus be worth the price of admission.