February 08, 2006

Robert C. Byrd - 1 of the 11 Votes Against Justice Marshall

I came across that little bit of political trivia this morning. Lovely. Not.

The senior Democrat in the US Senate voted against the first African-American nominee to our nation's highest court, one of the country's most prominent civil rights attorneys, but for the nomination of Justice Alito.

Posted by armand at February 8, 2006 01:43 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Law and the Courts


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