WATCH: 9th Circuit Rail Proceedings Now Online

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals hasn’t ruled on Honolulu’s rail project yet, but you can watch today’s oral arguments on its website.

Here’s a link to the video of the hearing, which could determine the fate of the $5.26 billion project.

While the terminology is a bit wonky — it involves terms like EIS, ROD, NEPA and 4(f) — it will give some flavor as to what the judges were curious about.

Photo: Screen shot from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals video. Judges, at top from left to right, are Mary M. Schroeder, Stephen Reinhardt and Andrew D. Hurwitz. Rail opponents attorney Nicholas Yost is pictured below.

—Nick Grube

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