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

[BumRushDaShow]

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/

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Link to LETTER (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25997817/former-judges-call-on-senate-committee-to-reject-emil-boves-nomination.pdf

[no_hypocrisy]

1. If Bove is being nominated for the Federal District (Trial) Court,

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

[MadameButterfly]

2. This sounds pretty optimistic to me

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]

3. He has been nominated to the 3rd Circuit Court of

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]

4. Thank you for the correction.

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]

5. Exactly where this would go. If so, we might as well be Turkey or Russia.

Right from Putin and Erdogan’s playbook.