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Senate Confirms Emil Bove to Third Circuit; Republicans Plan Rules Overhaul

GOP leaders are seeking to eliminate the blue slip tradition by modifying Senate rules to fast-track President Trump’s nominees.

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Then-defense attorney Emil Bove looks on as his client Donald Trump appears remotely for a sentencing hearing in the criminal case in which he was convicted in 2024 on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, at New York Criminal Court in Manhattan in New York City, on January 10, 2025.

Overview

  • The Senate voted 50–49 to confirm Emil Bove to a lifetime seat on the Third Circuit with no Democratic support and Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins dissenting.
  • Whistleblower Erez Reuveni alleged that Bove told DOJ lawyers to defy court orders, a claim backed by two additional whistleblowers and a letter from over 900 former DOJ attorneys warning of an assault on the rule of law.
  • Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley defended Bove as thoroughly vetted and dismissed the allegations as unfair obstruction.
  • Senate Republicans led by Majority Leader John Thune are considering changes to confirmation procedures, including lowering vote thresholds to break Democratic holds on nominees.
  • President Trump has publicly urged ending the blue slip practice to strip home-state senators of veto power over judicial nominations.