In another tumultuous meeting, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Emil Bove, President Donald Trump’s pick for a federal judgeship. All 12 Republicans on the committees voted to approve Bove, while Democrats didn’t vote at all; they protested and then walked out.
Really, it was a brilliant move because it frees Democrats from accountability in the future. Bove has a lengthy and varied law career, and his only controversies have been manufactured by Democrats with media assistance. When anyone looks at Senate voting records, they will see individual Democrats simply didn’t vote, instead of the record showing a vote opposing Bove.
No one will remember how Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., fully ignored decorum, complaining, urging, begging, for just a bit more time to discuss Bove. It was another in a string of stall tactics; the committee had already spent hours on multiple days discussing Bove. Booker spoke over Chairman Chuck Grassley, who ultimately turned his back on Booker, and started the vote.
As Booker continued bloviating and Republicans voted, Sen. Mazie Hirono stood up to exit but first leaned into her microphone and declared, “This is a kangaroo court. That’s what we have here.”
Democrats were only hot air, failing to record their sentiments with a no-vote. Meanwhile, their propaganda partners in the media got busy attacking Bove.
Once approved by the full Senate, Bove will serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
They won’t say it, but even Democrats must know Bove is a solid pick. Many of former President Joe “Autopen” Biden’s judicial picks were quite fresh out of law school with little courtroom experience and had obvious activist connections. Yet Democrats eagerly confirmed Biden’s picks. That is how you know this current posturing is only politics.
Bove is currently the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General. Much of Bove’s career has been with the Department of Justice, handling cases involving violent crime, terrorism, and drug cartels, according to his Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees.
In 2019, Bove earned the Director’s Award for Superior Performance by a Litigative Team from the Department of Justice. He graduated in the top five percent of his class at Georgetown University Law Center in 2008.
Grassley started Thursday’s committee meeting announcing he planned a vote before the meeting was over.
“I want to address the unfair rhetoric and treatment directed at Mr. Bove by some on this Committee. Frankly, it’s crossed the line,” Grassley said. “I’ve seen a lot of confirmation fights. What we’re witnessing has all the hallmarks of a political hit job timed for maximum media splash with minimum substance.”
Grassley soundly chastised Democrats for slow walking Trump’s nominees.
“This Congress alone, Democrats have sent at least 26 letters to 17 agencies or parties demanding records, delays or investigations into President Trump’s nominees. I’m holding them right here,” Grassley said. “Like clockwork, just before a hearing or vote, we get another breathless accusation that one of President Trump’s nominees needs to be investigated. We’ve seen the slanted stories and reckless accusations before. We’ve been down this road. It’s become routine this Congress, but it’s not new. We all remember what Democrats did to Justice Kavanaugh.”
Perhaps what the Democrats fear most is that Bove will bring some much needed balance to the judiciary. Grassley said Bove deserves fair treatment.
“The vicious, partisan attacks and obstruction of nominees we’ve seen from Democrats this Congress have to stop. One day, roles will reverse again, and my colleagues will want the same fairness for nominees of their president that they’ve refused to extend to President Trump’s nominees. They should look around the corner and consider that day.”