Senate Votes to Reject Daniel Gluck’s Appointment to Intermediate Court of Appeals

(AP) — Hawaiʻi Gov. David Ige’s pick for an appeal court judge vacancy won’t be getting the job after complaints over equitable racial and gender representation on the state’s highest courts. The state Senate voted down Daniel Gluck’s appointment after he said he wanted to withdraw his name from the process. The procedural vote allows Ige to pick another name from the list submitted to him by the Judicial Selection Commission. Critics of Gluck’s nomination note it’s been 30 years since a Native Hawaiian was appointed to the Intermediate Court of Appeals and 20 years since a Native Hawaiian was appointed to the state Supreme Court.