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DISQUALIFYING. Tung is unfit to serve in a lifetime position and should not be trusted to recognize, protect, and advance our rights.
WOW. in response to @booker.senate.gov, 9th Circuit nominee Eric Tung repeatedly refuses to say Democrats aren't evil
BOOKER: Do you think that today's Democrats are relentless and evil?
TUNG: You're asking me to comment on a political question...I cannot & should not speculate or comment on that.
NEW from @lzwarensteyn.bsky.social on Bove confirmation: “Our federal courts must serve and work for all of us, and they must be staffed with judges who are fair-minded, ethical, and committed to respecting our rights and upholding the law & Constitution. Emil Bove fails on each of these measures."
Lena Zwarensteyn, from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after Bove's confirmation.
It ends like this: “Today’s vote was shameful. History will remember.”
"The Senate’s advancement of Emil Bove’s nomination to a lifetime seat on the Third Circuit is shameful and should alarm everyone who cares about our courts, our democracy, and the future of equal justice in America." @lzwarensteyn.bsky.social www.alternet.org/emil-bove-se...
A mistake?
This is a lifetime nomination. We expect that all Senators FULLY vet each and everyone one of these nominees.
Senator @booker.senate.gov on Bove nomination: "This is a time for another profile in courage. I'm hoping my Republican colleagues will look at the evidence and join in the conclusion held by so many patriots in our country and not let this man on one of the highest courts in the land."
Sen. @booker.senate.gov "Willful ignorance does not excuse any of us from our responsibility to seek the truth...I plead with my colleagues: Look at the facts. Give it your scrutiny. Analyze this nominee. Look at his record. Emil Bove has shown...his disrespect for the very office he seeks to hold."
Sen. @schiff.senate.gov: "He is there whenever Trump needs someone to carry out his will, regardless of ethical or even legal considerations. And dedicated public servants, career prosecutors are standing up to him, willing to risk their jobs, willing to risk retaliation by a vindictive president."
Sen @hirono.senate.gov: "Far from an independent, fair-minded jurist, Mr. Bove is willing to use whatever means he deems necessary to meet the ends sought by Donald Trump...No question that the reason Mr. Bove came to President Trump's attention is his complete loyalty...which he manifests clearly."
Senator @hirono.senate.gov says that Emil Bove is unfit for a lifetime judgeship given his disregard for the rule of law and his temperament. "There are so many red flags regarding this nominee...Mr. Bove has no respect for the rule of law or the courts that uphold it."
Senator @whitehouse.senate.gov: "This is a mark my words moment about an individual who will continue to disgrace himself and the rule of law if we put him on the bench."
"The mad dash to jam through this nominee...is a new low."
Sen. @welch.senate.gov underscoring Emil Bove's incredible lack of judicial temperament & disrespect for the rule of law. Says he's been an "active participant in political payback" & that Trump has made clear the people he wants appointed are people who will put him and his political desires first.
Senator @kim.senate.gov says that the people of New Jersey and the country deserve better than Emil Bove and that "the answer must be no" on his confirmation. Speaking powerfully against Bove's nomination to a New Jersey seat on the Third Circuit, hitting home Bove's fierce loyalty to Trump.
Senator @durbin.senate.gov: "President Trump is going to continue to nominate extreme, unqualified individuals unless the Senate takes a stand...I urge my colleagues: Vote against Mr. Bove and all future nominees who are only loyal to the president and not to the Constitution."
Senator @blumenthal.senate.gov on Trump's judicial nominees: "These nominations are unqualified...and if confirmed they'd extend the administration in its reach into the courts, in effect co-signing the president's most destructive and dangerous impulses, regardless of legality."
HAPPENING NOW: Senate Dems are speaking on the floor about Trump's judicial nominees. @blumenthal.senate.gov says they're discussing one of the most important decisions they're going to make with respect to the future of justice in America — the nomination of Emil Bove to serve on the Third Circuit.
What are Senate Republicans hiding? Rushing this vote for a LIFETIME seat?
“I think when it comes down to it...in a lifetime position that requires good judgment, wise discretion, good temperament and the dedication to the rights of all, Mr. Bove fails on every single one of those accounts," @lzwarensteyn.bsky.social told @statesnewsroom.com.
Bove should NOT be in a lifetime seat on our federal judiciary. What Chair Grassley forced today is appalling - the disrespect, the intentional rush and hiding of critical information, the silencing of a whistleblower… It’s appalling. And for a guy whose temperament alone is disqualifying…
To elevate Emil Bove to a lifetime judicial appointment without fully investigating his disgraceful conduct at DOJ would violate every senator's duty to ensure we remain a nation of laws.
"Her limited legal career shows a demonstrated hostility towards the protection of civil and human rights...which should be disqualifying for any judicial nominee." @lzwarensteyn.bsky.social www.commondreams.org/news/whitney...
Lawyers for ICE are increasingly hiding their identities in court. This is completely unprecedented.
“We’re not really doing names publicly,” said Judge ShaSha Xu — after stating her own name and those of the immigrants and their lawyers.
theintercept.com/2025/07/15/i...
NEW: More than 75 former judges urge Senate committee to REJECT Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove.
“Mr. Bove’s egregious record of mistreating law enforcement officers, abusing power, and disregarding the law itself disqualifies him for this position,” the former judges wrote.
More: bit.ly/44OGwoq
We ALL need to know more before any votes to rush this guy on to a LIFETIME seat. It's the bare minimum.
No one is entitled to a lifetime position on our federal courts, and certainly not anyone who has abused power and subverted the rule of law.
Thank you, @judiciarydems.senate.gov
“Our courts must work for all of us, but the confirmation of Whitney Hermandorfer to serve in a lifetime position on the Sixth Circuit threatens our civil rights and the future of equal justice in America." Statement from @lzwarensteyn.bsky.social: civilrights.org/2025/07/14/h...
Numerous, high-level judges and attorneys are standing by the whistleblower who says Emil Bove, Trump's judicial nominee to the 3rd Circuit, said DOJ should ignore court orders and tell the courts "F*** you."
More: www.politico.com/news/magazin...
