Today, President Barack Obama nominated Derrick Kahala Watson, an assistant U.S. attorney and chief of the civil division for the District of Hawaii, to a seat on the U.S. District Court in Honolulu: President Obama Nominates Seven to the United States District Courts.Watson was one of seven nominees to District Court judgeships announced by the White House. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, he would be the only person of Native Hawaiian ancestry on the federal bench. Here's some more information on his background:
