Trump's former defense attorney Emil Bove faces opposition from former judges and Democrats as his nomination for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals faces first test.

Amid all the Trump administration’s efforts to politicize the justice system, few loom larger right now than the nomination of top Justice Department official Emil Bove to a prestigious appeals-court judgeship.

Bove's candidacy was sent to the U.S. Senate for a confirmation vote despite significant opposition from former judges and prosecutors.

The Senate Judiciary Committee appears ready to back Justice Department official Emil Bove for an appellate court seat.

It is intolerable to us that anyone who disgraces the Justice Department would be promoted to one of the highest courts in the land,” they wrote to senators.