Senate Blocks Obama Civil Rights Nominee For Representing Death Row Inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal

[LiberalArkie]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/debo-adegbile-nomination_n_4904510.html

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday blocked the confirmation of Debo Adegbile, the former head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.

Seven Democrats sided with all the Republicans in voting against the procedural motion to advance Adegbile’s nomination. The Democrats voting no were Sens. Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.), Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Mark Pryor (Ark.), John Walsh (Mont.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.), Bob Casey (Pa.) and Chris Coons (Del.).

Democrats needed 51 votes to advance Adegbile: The final vote was 47-52. Vice President Joe Biden came to the Capitol for the vote in case of a tie, but the Senate never got that close.

[The Magistrate]

1. The Technical Term For This, Sir, Is Bullshit

I am far from a 'free Mumia' type, myself, but to vote against a man for providing him the legal representation and effective counsel he is entitled to under the Constitution is downright un-American....