Wolford v. Lopez · ¶178

The majority also rejects Hawaii’s analogues based on the contention that the “coverage” of the historical laws “differed sharply from that of the Hawaii law now before us.” Ante, at 21. The analogues, the majority says, applied only “where game could be found.” Ibid. But as I have already explained, several of the historical laws applied to “premises,” so they covered more than merely those places where wild animals roamed.

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