(Headline USA)—President Donald Trump has nominated Emil Bove, the principal associate deputy attorney general, to serve as a federal judge—and some conservatives are under fire for voicing their puzzling opposition.
Trump nominated Bove to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which oversees legal matters in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Bove currently serves as a top DOJ official and previously worked as Trump’s attorney in his legal fight against leftist lawfare.
He had also served as a judicial clerk and as a federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York beginning in 2012. Despite these bona fide credentials, attorney and National Review writer Ed Whelan publicly opposed the nomination.
“Some people whose judgment I respect say that they think Bove is a good pick for the seat. I hope that they are right. But I see ample reason to believe otherwise. I’ll outline my concerns here and offer some related observations,” Whelan wrote in a Friday entry for National Review.
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