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GOP Quorum Gaps and Collins’ Defection Stall Bove’s Confirmation

Republican attendance shortfalls have stalled the Bove nomination following Senator Susan Collins’s announcement that she will vote no.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters as the Senate holds its first procedural vote on Emil Bove's nomination for the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate Democrats of the Senate Judiciary Committee walk out during a nomination vote for Emil Bove, a nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Thursday, July 17, 2025. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the nomination of Bove after Democrats from the committee stormed out in protest when the panel’s chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), called the roll before every Democrat on the committee had a chance to air their objections. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, arrives to advance President Donald Trump's nominees for the federal bench, including Emil Bove, Trump's former defense lawyer, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Emil Bove, nominee to be an appeals court judge for the 3rd Circuit, is sworn in before testifying during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on June 25.

Overview

  • The Senate voted 50–48 on July 22 to advance Emil Bove’s Third Circuit nomination, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski as the lone Republican no vote.
  • Republicans have repeatedly failed to meet quorum requirements, preventing the full Senate from holding a final confirmation vote.
  • Senator Susan Collins declared she will oppose Bove’s lifetime appointment, marking a rare GOP defection and deepening intra-party divides.
  • More than 900 former Justice Department lawyers and about 80 retired judges have signed letters condemning Bove’s record of alleged misconduct and disregard for judicial authority.
  • As acting deputy attorney general, Bove ordered the dismissal of corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams and faces a whistleblower complaint that he urged the DOJ to defy court injunctions.