Actually, the city finished up the required archaeological work without much trouble after the Supreme Court ruling.  

The change in state law was simple pay back for Kaleikini's Supreme Court victory, which embarrassed the state and city bureaucrats who knowingly cut corners.

It is a shame that the ineptitude of state and city bureaucrats delayed rail construction, bothered a busy Supreme Court, and made it harder for Hawaiians to care for their departed kupuna.