Dick Durbin Slams Emil Bove For Not Being Able To Practice Law In Court He's Nominated To

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During a Senate Judiciary Hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) criticized Emil Bove, President Trump's nominee to be a judge in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

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00:00Republican members of the committee. The Biden White House discussed two Sixth Circuit vacancies

00:05and a Fourth Circuit vacancy with home state senators for seven months, nine months, and six

00:11months, respectively, before making a selection. The White House also initially indicated that

00:17Senator Booker would be able to interview candidates other than Mr. Bovee before then

00:21reversing course. Notably, Mr. Bovee hardly has ties to New Jersey for this New Jersey-based seat.

00:28Don't take my word for it. His formal nomination before this committee identifies him as, quote,

00:36Emil J. Bovee III of Pennsylvania. He's not even admitted to practice before the court to which

00:43he's been nominated. As a former chairman of this committee has said with respect to judicial

00:48nominees, elections have consequences, so I expect to see conservative judicial nominees coming from

00:54this administration. But in recent weeks, President Trump has criticized Leonard Leo and the Federalist

01:00Society for, quote, bad advice they gave him in recommending legal conservatives during his first

01:06term. He's upset that his own judicial nominees have ruled, had the audacity to rule against the

01:12administration's illegal actions. With Mr. Bovee, we see a sign of what is to come. President Trump

01:20cares a little about statutory interpretation and the original meaning of the Constitution.

01:27He is looking for loyalty. He is looking for fierce retribution. He is looking for someone who will

01:32instill fear in his opponents. It seems he has found such a nominee in Mr. Bovee. I yield.

01:39He is looking for a new and Ronald. He is looking for 옷, husband, to put a new

01:43judge's cloak to be a new decision. He has chosen his sole duty, and he is looking for him. He has chosen

01:47a new decision. For his final decision to get the new decision for his own decision, he is going to be

01:53a new decision for his first name. For his final decision, he will be worth a new decision that

01:58he wants to come. He has chosen a new decision. He was looking for his first-year decision.

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