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 little about statutory interpretation and the original meaning of the Constitution. He is looking for

01:27loyalty. He is looking for fierce retribution. He is looking for someone who will instill fear in his

01:34opponents. It seems he has found such a nominee in Mr. Bovee. I yield.

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