The “Vote on Perez.”

“Labor Secretary nominee Thomas Perez made it through a Senate committee on an embarrassingly narrow 12-10 vote Thursday, with no Republican support. Democrats want to hold a Senate floor vote as soon as possible, and no wonder. The Justice Department’s civil-rights chief’s flexible interpretation of the law and disingenuous testimony echoes other abuses of power currently unfolding in Washington. . . .

Then there’s the not-so-small matter that Mr. Perez still hasn’t complied with an April 10 House subpoena of his personal Verizon email account, which he told House investigators he didn’t recall using for government business—a statement he later recanted. House investigators are still waiting to read the full text of more than 1,200 emails. Last week they learned of a second personal email account that Mr. Perez used for government business. . . .

Democrats seem determined to confirm Mr. Perez on a party-line vote, and generally we’d say that a President’s nominee shouldn’t be filibustered. But the problem with Mr. Perez isn’t merely a difference over policy. It’s abuse of power.”