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Meanwhile, on the same day that Elon Musk said that he was exiting, stage right, Donald Trump got onto "No Truths" Social to make this announcement:
It is my great honor to nominate Emil Bove to serve as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Emil is a distinguished graduate of Georgetown Law, and served as Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York for nearly a decade, where he was the Co-Chief of the Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit. Emil is SMART, TOUGH, and respected by everyone. He will end the Weaponization of Justice, restore the Rule of Law, and do anything else that is necessary to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. Emil Bove will never let you down!
Perhaps that name sounds familiar to some/many readers. That is because Bove, before taking on a job in this administration, served as Trump's personal defense attorney for several years. Curiously, Trump somehow forgot to mention that in his announcement.
You really don't need us to tell you what Trump is thinking here. The Third Circuit covers Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, and is where a lot of immigration-related cases are being heard (most notably the Mahmoud Khalil case). The President would very much like an Aileen-Cannon-style lapdog sitting on that court, and Bove would seem to fit the bill. His highest-profile assignment, as part of the Trump administration, was taking the lead in dismantling the case against Eric Adams. So, corrupt behavior is not a problem. Even better is a lapdog who is also a hardliner on immigration, and Bove certainly is.
We suspect that some readers, when hearing that Trump is going to try to appoint one of his personal attorneys to the federal bench, thought of George W. Bush's attempt to put HIS lawyer, Harriet Miers, on the Supreme Court. In that case, the 55-Republican Senate reacted so badly that Bush had to pull the nomination. We shall see what the 53-Republican Senate does this time, but our guess is that the outcome will be a little different than it was in 2005. (Z)