Lost in the U.S. Senate
On March 5 the Senate voted 52-47 on a procedural matter against confirming Debo Adegbile to head the Justice Department’s civil rights division. Every Republican present and seven Democrats took the position that Mr. Adegbile, a former lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Senior Counsel with the Senate Judiciary Committee, was not fit to lead the civil rights division because he had been one of several lawyers representing Mumia Abu Jamal. Read More