I Respectfully Dissent: A Biography of Edward H. Nakamura by Tom Coffman

By Tom Coffman

Tom Coffman’s portrait of Edward Nakamura is either insightful biography and engrossing political heritage. The arc of the tale may possibly sound usual (the 442nd Regimental strive against crew, the GI invoice, Statehood), however it is strewn with shock, because of Nakamura’s unshakable creed and detailed perspective of vision.

Translating the political earnings of the overseas Longshore and Warehouse Union, Nakamura performed a vital role—unpublicized—in devising arguably the main innovative application of laws in an American nation: common overall healthiness care, transitority incapacity coverage, collective bargaining rights for public employees, and more—all of which without end replaced the Hawai‘i worker’s landscape.

Vaulted from relative anonymity onto the Hawai‘i best courtroom, Nakamura was once acclaimed for his robust mind, his writing, and, so much of all, his iron will and integrity. In retirement, he grew to become a dissenting ethical strength. He fought mismanagement within the kingdom Retirement procedure, helped to dam a hugely arguable perfect court docket appointment, and agitated for keeping apart the excessive courtroom from the Bishop Estate.

Against his heritage of comforting the bothered, in retirement Nakamura stricken the recent “in” crowd, the conceited and self-serving—fighting corruption, mismanagement, and the corrosive impression of Bishop property appointments at the Hawai‘i courts.

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