Democrats Join With Republicans Blocking Pres. Obama's Nominee To Head Justice Department's Civil Rights Division
Eight Democrat senators joined with their Republican counterparts to vote against Debo Adegbile, Barack Obama's nominee to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. The opposition - a huge rebuke to the president - was so strong largely from Adegbile's participation in an appeal filed on behalf of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the internationally known prisoner who had been convicted for the 1981 slaying of Daniel Faulkner, a Philadelphia police officer.
