Emil Bove III is confirmed as a judge on the Third Circuit. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM.The GOP-controlled Senate demonstrated once again that they are willing to abdicate their constitutional duty by ramming through and rubber stamping one of the worst—if not the worst—judicial appointment in our nation’s history: Trump’s erstwhile personal criminal attorney, Emil Bove III. The vote was 50-49, with one GOP absence and only two GOP defectors (Sens. Collins (R-ME) and Murkowski (R-AK)), despite everything we know about Bove and how damaging to the basic rule of law he has already been.It’s important to be clear-eyed about the lackey the Senate actually just approved, just as it was important to understand the deplorable nature of Trump’s other successful nominees. Pete Hegseth and RFK Jr., for example, are turning out as bad or worse than Democrats had warned, leading GOP senators to admit they were wrong to confirm them.For
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