examined Cited as authority (quoted) Hussey v. Say (2×) our ultimate authority is the constitution; and the courts, not the legislature, are the ultimate interpreters of the constitution.

discussed Cited "see, e.g." In re 'Īao Ground Water Management Area High-Level Source Water Use Permit Applications (2×) Jurisdiction is, inter alia, “to have power over the subject matter given by the laws of the sovereignty in which the tribunal exists.” The King v. Lee Fook, 7 Haw. 249 (1888). 8 See Puna Geothermal, 77 Hawai'i at 67 , 881 P.2d at 1213 (“subject matter jurisdiction is concerned with whether the court has the power to hear a case”); see also Alaka’i Na Keiki, Inc. v. Matayoshi, 127 Hawai'i 233 , 277 P.3d 327 (2012) (stating that “the courts have subject matter jurisdiction over ‘civil actions and proceedings,’ and it is presumed that the courts have jurisdiction, -unless the leg…