Senate rejects appointment of Debo Adegbile to civil rights post.

[littlewolf]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/03/05/senate-rejects-obama-appointment-of-debo-adegbile-to-top-civil-rights-post/


Opponents of President Obama's nominee to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division prevailed in blocking his confirmation Wednesday, as he failed to clear a procedural hurdle.
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Eight Senate Democrats, including Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), joined with Republicans in voting against Debo Adegbile, whose nomination was adamantly and vocally opposed by conservatives due to his participation in an appeal filed on behalf of Mumia Abu-Jamal -- an internationally-known prisoner convicted of the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner.
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The vote was expected to be close -- with Vice President Biden on hand to potentially cast a tie-breaking vote -- but the final tally was 47-52 in opposition to the appointment.

so because he defended someone convicted of murder he can not be in charge of
the civil rights division at DOJ?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. Disgusting

Is it unacceptable now to participate in the legal process to defend somebody? Hopefully, nobody else has the gall to become a criminal defense attorney or file a brief on a case or something!

[Sunlei]

2. "denied the American people an outstanding public servant."

Spineless redstate Ds afraid of r- attack ads, "It's a 30-second ad that writes itself,”"

Hateful republicans who are afraid of a strong leader in the Civil Rights Division, because he would work against the republican plan to gerrymander Americans out of their right to vote.

[KamaAina]

3. Reid changed his vote to No for procedural reasons

once it became clear that Adegbile would lose this vote. Reid's No vote allows him to bring the nomination up again later, after he flips a couple of the DINOs who voted No for real.