Palagi

Proponents of the laws say they are designed to elevate Samoan custom in the country’s justice system, which they argue is dominated by palagi – foreign – legalistic perspective.

Pat Palagi and grandson Asa Palagi are unconventional in multiple ways.

Jamie Palagi, an administrator with the Department of Public Health and Human Services, says other states that sought similar waivers have failed.

In 1940, a Forsyth judge ousted Cascade County Sheriff Guy Palagi for violating the state's Corrupt Practices Act by giving beer and tobacco to voters for their support in his 1938 re-election bid.

In 1940, a Forsyth judge ousted Cascade County Sheriff Guy Palagi for violating the state’s Corrupt Practices Act by giving beer and tobacco to voters for their support in his 1938 re-election bid.