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mahatmakanejeeves

(65,963 posts) Thu Jul 17, 2025, 01:17 PM Jul 17

Senate panel approves federal judge nomination for Emil Bove, who defended Trump

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Senate panel approves federal judge nomination for Emil Bove, who defended Trump

UPDATED JULY 17, 202511:31 AM ET
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Carrie Johnson

Emil Bove, President Trump's pick to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on June 25.
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Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance the nomination of Emil Bove, President Trump's former personal attorney, to a lifetime federal judgeship. All the Democrats on the panel walked out and did not vote. ... Bove's nomination to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals now moves to the full Senate.

Bove is tied to some of the most aggressive legal moves by the Justice Department this year.

Emil Bove, then Donald Trump's personal attorney, looks on at Trump's sentencing hearing in front of a New York state judge at Manhattan Criminal Court on Jan. 10, 2025, in New York City.

Bove, 44, previously served as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan and defended Trump in a pair of criminal cases filed by the Justice Department.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2025/07/17/nx-s1-5467260/trump-emil-bove-judge

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Senate panel approves federal judge nomination for Emil Bove, who defended Trump (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 17 OP

Shocker..... Not. yourout Jul 17 #1

Quick. Someone ask Susan Collins if she's concerned? Ray Bruns Jul 17 #2

Maddow Blog-Republicans shrug off laundry list of scandals, advance Emil Bove's judicial nomination LetMyPeopleVote Jul 17 #3

This guy literally does not acknowledge the authority of courts...and he's going to get this job anyway just because the Karasu Jul 17 #4

yourout

(8,512 posts)

1. Shocker..... Not.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 01:18 PM

Jul 17

Ray Bruns

(5,452 posts)

2. Quick. Someone ask Susan Collins if she's concerned?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 01:26 PM

Jul 17

LetMyPeopleVote

(167,017 posts)

3. Maddow Blog-Republicans shrug off laundry list of scandals, advance Emil Bove's judicial nomination

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 02:48 PM

Jul 17

Bove is arguably the single-most controversial circuit court nominee in modern American history. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee didn’t care.

By some measures, Emil Bove, a former Trump defense attorney, is one of the most controversial circuit court nominees in modern American history, opposed by several dozen former judges and 900+ former DOJ lawyers.

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee didnâ€™t care.
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-07-17T15:09:18.340Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/emil-bove-trump-judge-nomination-senate-republicans-rcna218833

That didn’t happen. NBC News reported:

A spokesperson for Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley says that Bove’s nomination had been reported out of committee to the full Senate, even though Democrats on the committee walked out in protest of the lack of debate and the refusal to hold a vote on whether to hold a hearing with a whistleblower before they voted.

Shortly before the vote, the panel's Democratic members walked out of the hearing room in protest, with Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey describing the process as "insane."
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In fact, after the committee's Republicans voted in support of Bove, members of the Democratic minority, led by Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, suggested the issue of whether Bove was actually reported out was still an open question and may be referred to the Senate parliamentarian because, as Democrats argued, Republicans broke procedural rules.......

Just as importantly, if not more so, Erez Reuveni, a 15-year veteran Justice Department prosecutor, recently came forward as a whistleblower to tell senators that Bove repeatedly endorsed ignoring court orders and deliberately misleading judges. In a case involving the Alien Enemies Act and the administration’s alleged violation of a court order regarding deportation flights, Reuveni also described a meeting during which Bove “stated that DOJ would need to consider telling the courts ‘f--- you’ and ignore any such court order.”.....

Bove’s nomination now advances to the Senate floor for confirmation. To defeat him, four GOP senators would have to break ranks with the party, which seems unlikely. Watch this space.

trump is looking to appoint Bove to the SCOTUS when either Alito or Thomas retires

Karasu

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4. This guy literally does not acknowledge the authority of courts...and he's going to get this job anyway just because the

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 03:29 PM

Jul 17

GOP is fascist and only wants unqualified people who tow the line.

This is beyond fucked. His judicial career should've ended before it started.

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