Posted on 07/17/2025 2:35:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday advanced the nomination of Donald Trump's former personal lawyer to be a federal appeals court judge over protests from Democrats, who accuse him of using aggressive tactics to enforce the U.S. president's agenda at the Justice Department.
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously supported the nomination of Emil Bove for a lifetime appointment on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, sending the nomination to the full Senate. Bove currently serves as a top Justice Department official.
The hearing devolved into partisan rancor when the panel's Republican chairman, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, cut off debate on Bove's nomination. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, a Democrat, shouted that Grassley was violating the committee's rules as Republicans cast their votes. The other Democrats walked out of the hearing.
"This is outrageous that you're not allowing senators to have their fair say," Booker told Grassley. "What are you afraid of?"
Grassley accused Booker of "obstruction."
Bove's nomination drew fierce opposition from Democrats and many former Justice Department employees, more than 900 of whom signed a letter accusing him of undermining the integrity of the department.
Bove's defenders have pointed to his background as a federal terrorism prosecutor in New York and his work countering drug cartels and other threats.
Trump named Bove to a senior post at the Justice Department after he helped defend Trump against three criminal cases brought against him during his years out of power.
Bove came under scrutiny over his role in firing career prosecutors who worked on cases arising from the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and his order to drop a federal corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams.
A former Justice Department lawyer last month accused Bove of suggesting the government may defy court...
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Bove has been a major player in Trump’s various court defenses over the last three years. No doubt he’s taken lots of notes.
John Roberts was confirmed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on 9/29/2005. Harriet Myers was nominated as Associate Justice on 10/3/2005, and withdrew on 10/27/2005, with Alito being nominated on 10/30/2005.
Bove is a Superman Lawyer.He handled a lot of the persecution cases against Trump and defeated them.
I hope one day he is appointed to SCOTUS.
There are lawful reasons why a court order can be ignored.When a court has no jurisdiction over the issue at hand, one can ignore all court orders issued by the court. The abuse of jurisdiction by a court has to be flagrant and unlawful. It can then be ignored as a refusal to submit to insufficient jurisdiction, a necessary action or else the jurisdiction may attach by acquiescence. Of course these lefty dingbat lawyers know this as a matter of law, and are publicly per-emptively vilifying the Trump administration because SCOTUS will soon support Trump doing it.
Thank you. Alito instead of Myers. We sure won on that trade.
Good news about Bove!!
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