Loyalty Over Law: Trump’s Judicial Pipeline and the Battle for the Bench

Emil Bove and the first batch of ideologues face confirmation later this month

When Emil Bove sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee last month, he embodied more than just another federal judicial nominee. As a former lead prosecutor, Trump defense lawyer, and enforcer of some of the administration’s most controversial Justice Department decisions, Bove represents something new on the federal bench: a nominee whose primary cred…