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BumRushDaShow

(165,891 posts)
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 04:34 AM Jul 2025

'Egregious': Over 75 ex judges slam Trump's 'deeply inappropriate' judicial pick

Source: Raw Story

July 15, 2025 5:35PM ET


With two days to go until the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on advancing the judicial nomination of President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Emil Bove, more than 75 former federal and state judges wrote to lawmakers to demand they reject the "deeply inappropriate" appointment.

Confirming Bove to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit would not only "compromise the integrity of the courts" and "set a dangerous precedent" that "personal fealty rather than constitutional duty" can secure judicial power, said the judges, but would also elevate someone who has allegedly "plotted to violate court orders," according to a recent whistleblower report.

The judges noted that the whistleblower, former Department of Justice lawyer Erez Reuveni, has offered to testify under oath and has provided the committee with "compelling evidence" that Bove told DOJ staffers to "ignore" any court orders that challenged Trump's mass deportation operation—yet the Republican-controlled panel has not invited Reuveni to speak to lawmakers.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/emil-bove-2673247675/



Link to LETTER (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25997817/former-judges-call-on-senate-committee-to-reject-emil-boves-nomination.pdf
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'Egregious': Over 75 ex judges slam Trump's 'deeply inappropriate' judicial pick (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 OP
If Bove is being nominated for the Federal District (Trial) Court, no_hypocrisy Jul 2025 #1
This sounds pretty optimistic to me MadameButterfly Jul 2025 #2
He has been nominated to the 3rd Circuit Court of KPN Jul 2025 #3
Thank you for the correction. no_hypocrisy Jul 2025 #4
Exactly where this would go. If so, we might as well be Turkey or Russia. KPN Jul 2025 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author TomSlick Jul 2025 #6

no_hypocrisy

(54,317 posts)
1. If Bove is being nominated for the Federal District (Trial) Court,
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 04:45 AM
Jul 2025

I would expect many of his decisions to be overturned by the Appeals Court -- if we're lucky.

MadameButterfly

(3,746 posts)
2. This sounds pretty optimistic to me
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 05:54 AM
Jul 2025

f he is cofirmed , I think it think it confimes
his
decisions

Note that every thing I type in comes out different from what I inteneded. TF?
It feels like there is a cosnpiracy in the softwarware. Seriously, we need oto look at his.

KPN

(17,146 posts)
3. He has been nominated to the 3rd Circuit Court of
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 06:59 AM
Jul 2025

of Appeals — not a District Court. In which case, rather than his decisions being overturned, he would be overturning other Federal Judges’ judgements.

no_hypocrisy

(54,317 posts)
4. Thank you for the correction.
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 07:12 AM
Jul 2025

You're right. He's more dangerous on the Appeals Court. (BTW, the Third Circuit Court is my jurisdiction.)

Think of this: Alina Habba prosecutes you, despite your innocence. A jury convicts you. You appeal. And Bove is sitting there, ready to sustain the conviction.

KPN

(17,146 posts)
5. Exactly where this would go. If so, we might as well be Turkey or Russia.
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 11:06 AM
Jul 2025

Right from Putin and Erdogan’s playbook.

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