I was surprised that the nomination of Debo Adegbile for an important DOJ slot was rejected, presumably because he had worked for Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981. Seven Democrat senators voted against Adegbile and all the GOP senators did. More at The Hill.
[Update: I've edited the post twice now. Sorry. According to the Washington Post, Adegbile filed an amicus brief and also represented Abu-Jamal directly: "Adegbile and other [NAACP Defense Fund] filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Supreme Court in 2009 asserting that the conviction was invalid because of racial discrimination in jury selection. They directly represented Abu-Jamal when prosecutors asked the Supreme Court to reinstate his death sentence, which had been thrown out because of problems with jury instructions. He is serving life in prison without parole."]