Gregg Nunziata Featured in The Dispatch on Concerns Over Emil Bove Nomination
Executive Director Gregg Nunziata was quoted in a recent article by The Dispatch examining President Trump’s nomination of Emil Bove to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and raising alarms about the growing trend of prioritizing political loyalty over legal experience and judicial independence.
Nunziata argues that Bove’s nomination should be rejected by the Senate, viewing it as part of a broader shift toward a judiciary shaped more by allegiance to Trump than by adherence to conservative legal principles.
As quoted in the piece:
But Gregg Nunziata, former Republican Senate Judiciary Committee counsel, told The Dispatch it is imperative that Senate Republicans defeat the Bove nomination. ‘I think Senate Republicans will understand as all conservatives should understand, this isn’t about just one seat on the 3rd Circuit. This is about the signal we’re sending the White House on what conservatives will accept in judicial nominations generally, including in the case of a potential Supreme Court vacancy,’ said Nunziata, the executive director of the Society for the Rule of Law. ‘Not only was the administration’s behavior in the Adams case fundamentally corrupt and unlawful, [Bove’s] handling of it was clumsy to say the least.’
Nunziata pointed to the conservative movement’s stance against Harriet Miers, President George W. Bush’s Supreme Court nominee who withdrew due to concerns about her judicial philosophy and qualifications, as an example for conservatives to follow today. ‘It divided the right at the time, but 20 years ago, it was extremely important that many prominent figures in the conservative legal movement and conservative Republican senators said no to Harriet Miers,’ he said. ‘The president does not get to pick whoever he wants for a vacancy, and expect us to rubber stamp … someone whose primary qualification is devotion to the president and his agenda.’