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Gov. David Ige’s recent judicial appointment to the Hawaiʻi Intermediate Court of Appeals is prompting questions about the role of experience and diversity in decision making.
Ige chose Daniel Gluck, former head of the Hawaiʻi State Ethics Commission, from a pool of six candidates to fill a vacancy on the Intermediate Court of Appeals. When it comes to experience in court, Gluck had 13 cases, while all other candidates had more than 100. And that concerned Native Hawaiian Attorney Camille Kalama.
“I don’t think that I would say that individually the nominees are bad people, but how can you look at the numbers and say, was this really the best choice for the ICA at this time?” Kalama said.