Hawaii: Abercrombie shuts out public in judicial selection process

Honolulu Star Advertiser: “The governor introduced Circuit Judge Sabrina McKenna yesterday as the first of three associate justices he’ll nominate for the five-member state Supreme Court early in his term. The Senate must confirm . . . It leaves the public with no voice in the vetting, no chance to judge the quality or diversity of candidates put forth by the secretive selection panel and no way to see any politics at play in the governor’s pick.”