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Emil Bove’s appeals court nomination echoes earlier controversies, but with a key difference

Contested nominations to the federal courts often involve ideological concerns. But a scholar of the courts says the ...

Senate committee advances Emil Bove's judicial nomination as meeting erupts in chaos

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced the nomination of Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official, to serve ...

Trump’s controversial former attorney, Emil Bove, is one step closer to becoming a Philly-based federal judge

Bove's candidacy was sent to the U.S. Senate for a confirmation vote despite significant opposition from former judges and ...

Judicial Nominee Emil Bove Can't Recall Whether He Said the DOJ Might Say 'Fuck You' To Court Orders

The alleged incident goes to the heart of the objections raised by critics who worry about Bove's respect for the rule of law ...

5 things to know for July 18: DOGE cuts, Emil Bove, Police violence, Trump and Epstein, Stephen Colbert

Famed skydiver and BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner dies at 56 Baumgartner achieved international recognition in 2012 when he ...

Former Justice Department prosecutors seek to derail Emil Bove's federal judge nomination, memos say

A group of former prosecutors are pushing to block the judicial nomination of Emil Bove, a former Trump attorney who they ...
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Is Emil Bove the face of a new MAGA judiciary?

President Trump helped reshape the federal courts during his first term in office. And he relied heavily on the Federalist Society in that effort, which helped him zero in on judges with a ...
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Emil Bové Supreme Court

Six months into his second term, Trump’s Ukraine pivot is shaky, his Epstein strategy is backfiring, and Republicans are torching congressional norms because they can. The Washington Monthly politics ...