Republicans Will Reward Emil Bove for Sending Innocent Men to a Concentration Camp

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John Thune has invoked cloture for Emil Bove’s nomination to the Third Circuit. And while Lisa Murkowski voted against cloture and Susan Collins say she’ll vote against his confirmation, it nevertheless remains virtually certain that Republicans will confirm him.

Consider what that vote to confirm says Republican Senators believe qualifies a man for the job:

  • He helped Trump avoid accountability for attacking the Senate in a bid to stay in power.
  • He fired a bunch of people who prosecuted the people who attacked the Senate, effectively firing the people who upheld rule of law.
  • He helped Trump avoid accountability for stealing over a hundred classified documents and store them in a broom closet.
  • He helped a really corrupt Democrat who allegedly put his own pocketbook and Turkish interests above safety considerations to avoid accountability as part of a quid pro quo deal meant to undermine New York self-rule.
  • He gave the order that doomed 233 men, many of them innocent of any crime, to spend four months in a concentration camp.

It’s the last one that really alarms me.

The Republican Party is preparing to reward Emil Bove with a lifetime seat on an appellate court because he sent hundreds of men to a concentration camp, many based on little more than their tattoos.

If you have Republican Senators, please call them and let them know you see what they are doing.

Update: ProPublica has a new profile of the men Bove sent to CECOT. For each man, they describe circumstances of his detention, whether he had any criminal charges, and whether he had tattoos (as a majority do).

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  1. jmac10878 says:

    In the age of Trump, it seems that Bove meets all the necessary qualifications for a lifetime appointment. The paramount one being that he shows undying fealty to TRUMP.

  2. Frank Anon says:

    At the very least, it should be the end of the odious “blue slip” process, as Kim and Booker seem to have been wholly disregarded. Can’t see the replacement for Dick Durbin wanting to give that one back to the Republicans

  3. ernesto1581 says:

    so, no blue slip possible from schumer/gillibrand? where does Bove live these days, anyway?

      • ernesto1581 says:

        Jeez, I forgot about Dems’ eternally Hamletic stand on blue slips, inter alia multa.
        “In the past, Durbin has explained his stance by arguing that Democrats would regret abolishing blue slips if and when Republicans take control of the Senate.” (ballsandstrikes.org 2/2/24)
        As foretold, a large set of toothmarks on Senate Democrats’ collective ass plainly evident.

  4. Amateur Lawyer At Work says:

    Germany’s universal human rights law and the Alvarez-Machain decision that’s still good precedent (including Thomas joining the majority) mean he’s only a judge as long as others can stand him. Obama’s biggest mistake was “looking forward” as opposed to clearing the litter behind him filled with rats/

    • Bill Crowder says:

      Agree re what should/could have been done by Obama. On the other hand, he kinda had his hands full being the first black president.

    • BRUCE F COLE says:

      If there is a 3rd Circuit Judicial Conference action to sanction or remove Bove, the Chief Judge, Michael Chagares, controls that process and as a relatively young (63 yo) Bush appointee, he will hold that position for the foreseeable future. He is a darling of the FedSoc (he was their 2024 keynote speaker), but not a Heritage/Project 2025 guy, as far as I can tell. He did rule against Trump’s “stop the steal” suit in PA in 2020, so there’s at least the hope that he’d be on the side of judicial integrity.

      • Fiendish Thingy says:

        I’ve never heard of judicial
        Conference action- I thought judges could only be removed via impeachment by Congress?

        • Scott_in_MI says:

          If I’m reading the rules for these proceedings correctly (linked at https://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/judicial-conduct-and-disability), a judicial council’s options for corrective action include requesting an offending judge to voluntarily retire (with waiver of length-of-service requirements if needed) and certifying their disability to continue if they refuse. The relevant statute under which that rule operates, however (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/372#b), seems to suggest that such a certification goes to the president, and only if “the President finds that such judge is unable to discharge efficiently all the duties of his office by reason of permanent mental or physical disability and that the appointment of an additional judge is necessary for the efficient dispatch of business” can they be replaced. I’m uncertain what happens if the president does not find such to be the case – is the judge still seated, but sanctioned from being assigned new cases? One more of those “well, *that* will never happen” scenarios with which we seem to be increasingly confronted.

        • Amateur Lawyer At Work says:

          Kinda. Among the other remedies is “This person never gets assigned another case again” and there are investigations that go deep. Remember, Trump’s sister was a Second Circuit judge, until the Judicial Conference started inquiry into her role in money laundering her father’s inheritance to avoid paying taxes. She quit the day before it began.

        • BRUCE F COLE says:

          Yes, sloppy wording on my part. A Circuit’s judicial council can refer judges for impeachment to the Judicial Conference, not remove them themselves. The Judicial Conference (Roberts running that show) can then refer a judge to the House for Impeachment. Sorry about that.

          But a circuit CJ does have great latitude in that process, including any in-house sanctions (that can include withholding case work) and other disciplinary action — and he or she can dismiss any complaints out of hand (which are then appealable to the circuit’s judicial council by the judge or the complainant.

          Apologies. Time for some caffeine I guess.

  5. MsJennyMD says:

    Republicans reward Trump’s abusive behavior. Herr Führer followers are enablers bonded in the drug of hate.

  6. Zinsky123 says:

    I would argue that the stolen national security documents were stored in Trump’s guest bathroom, not a broom closet, but Hell yeah! Emil Bove would look perfect in an SS officers outfit but not so good in a judge’s robe.

  7. Mike from Delaware says:

    Does the fear of being primaried still carry the same threat in light of Trump’s failing health and Epstein problem? Will any other GOP Senators break rank?

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