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Emil Bove is a unique threat to the justice system

Well over 300 federal, Article III judges across the country are former federal prosecutors. They have been nominated by Democratic and Republican presidents in larger numbers than any other group of lawyers. And yet I cannot recall such fierce and widespread opposition to a former prosecutor's nomination — not just from a range of ideological backgrounds, not just from the legal community generally, but from more than 900 former Department of Justice attorneys and former judges — until the nomination of Emil Bove.

Bove is a former Southern District of New York prosecutor-turned Donald Trump defense lawyer, now serving as the principal associate deputy attorney general at the Department of Justice, and previously as the acting deputy attorney general. He has been nominated by President Trump for a lifetime seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote this week on whether to advance Bove's nomination to the full Senate. Since his nomination, former federal prosecutors and judges have been ringing alarm bells in unprecedented ways and numbers opposing his nomination.

This is a preview of Mimi Rocah's latest column. Read the full column here.

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SYMONE D. SANDERS TOWNSEND

Trump's attempts to decide who is 'American' is downright un-American

The arc of American history bends toward inclusion — but only if we push back. Read more.

STEVE BENEN

Trump lashes out at backers over Epstein debacle: 'I don't want their support anymore!'

Having lost control of the Epstein story, the president is condemning his own supporters and allies as "weaklings" who have fallen for a "hoax." Read more.

ALLISON PREISS

Thanks to Trump, military members are unlikely to see the millions they're owed

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's reversal on its settlement with Navy Federal Credit Union is part of a broader pattern. Read more.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin

ZEESHAN ALEEM

What we should make of Trump's surprising pivot on Ukraine

Trump's patience with Putin is wearing thin, and he's starting to show it. Read more.

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Maurene Comey, Epstein prosecutor and daughter of ex-FBI director, fired by Trump DOJ

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CHRIS JANSING REPORTS

Trump says 'highly unlikely' he'll fire Powell amid reports he told lawmakers the opposite

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ANA CABRERA REPORTS

Senate advances bill to claw back $9 billion in funding with public radio stations facing latest brunt

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THE WEEKNIGHT

'They need to cheat to win': Legal Defense Fund president on GOP push to redraw maps

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