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Justice Connection’s Campaign to Derail Emil Bove’s Elevation to Third Circuit
Justice Connection’s Campaign to Derail Emil Bove’s Elevation to Third Circuit
September 12, 2025President Trump’s nomination of Emil Bove – his former personal defense attorney – for a seat on one of the highest courts in the land sent shockwaves through DOJ’s workforce. During his short tenure as a senior political appointee, Bove disgraced the department by ordering the termination of over a…
Filling the Immigration Courts with Temporary, Unqualified Attorneys as Judges Will Undermine the Integrity of the Immigration Court System
Filling the Immigration Courts with Temporary, Unqualified Attorneys as Judges Will Undermine the Integrity of the Immigration Court System
September 9, 2025Recent actions by the Trump Administration to replace qualified immigration judges with temporarily designated military attorneys raise serious concerns about judicial independence and due process for individuals navigating the immigration system. On August 28, DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration Review, which administers the nation’s immigration courts, eliminated virtually all qualification requirements…
Justice Connection Legal Network: Crucial Lifeline to DOJ Employees Under Attack
Justice Connection Legal Network: Crucial Lifeline to DOJ Employees Under Attack
August 20, 2025The Justice Connection Legal Network has proven to be a crucial lifeline to Justice Department employees since its launch two months ago. With the attacks on the workforce steadily increasing, Justice Connection is seeking to expand its one-of-a-kind network to ensure every targeted employee can receive full-service, pro bono representation by alumni…
Justice Connection Highlights Danger of Defunding ATF
Justice Connection Highlights Danger of Defunding ATF
August 13, 2025Justice Connection released a video highlighting how the Trump Administration’s proposed defunding of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will make our country less safe. The video features Pam Hicks, who served as ATF’s chief counsel until she was terminated by Attorney General Pam Bondi in February 2025 after…
Justice Connection Releases Video Featuring New Advisory Committee Member Michael Feinberg
Justice Connection Releases Video Featuring New Advisory Committee Member Michael Feinberg
August 5, 2025Justice Connection today released a video featuring its new advisory committee member Michael Feinberg, a special agent from the FBI who after nearly 16 years at the bureau was pushed out for being friends with someone on FBI Director Kash Patel’s enemies list. “The fact that an FBI Director would even have an enemies…
Statement on Emil Bove’s Confirmation to Third Circuit
Statement on Emil Bove’s Confirmation to Third Circuit
August 1, 2025Stacey Young, executive director and founder of Justice Connection, issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted 50-49 to confirm Emil Bove to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: Emil Bove has been the enforcer of many of the attacks on DOJ and its employees. By confirming his nomination the…
Justice Connection Urges Republican Senators to Meet New Whistleblower Before Bove Final Vote
Justice Connection Urges Republican Senators to Meet New Whistleblower Before Bove Final Vote
July 25, 2025Statement from Peter Carr, spokesman for Justice Connection: "A new whistleblower, whose disclosures have not been publicized, has strong evidence that Emil Bove was not truthful to the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing for his nomination to serve on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. The whistleblower has…
900+ Former DOJ Attorneys Express Alarm Over Emil Bove’s Nomination
900+ Former DOJ Attorneys Express Alarm Over Emil Bove’s Nomination
July 16, 2025Justice Connection today sent a letter to the members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee signed by more than 900 former Justice Department attorneys, requesting that the committee members rigorously examine Emil Bove’s assault on the Justice Department’s integrity, employees and mission-critical work before voting on his nomination to a lifetime appointment…
Justice Connection Releases Video Featuring Erez Reuveni’s Former Colleagues
Justice Connection Releases Video Featuring Erez Reuveni’s Former Colleagues
June 25, 2025Justice Connection today released a video featuring former colleagues of Erez Reuveni speaking out on his behalf following attacks on his character by senior Justice Department leadership. After Reuveni’s whistleblower disclosure was made public alleging Bove’s involvement in a campaign to defy federal court orders and lie to the court, Deputy Attorney General Todd…
Erez Reuveni Whistleblower Complaint Proves Emil Bove Unfit to Serve as Federal Judge
Erez Reuveni Whistleblower Complaint Proves Emil Bove Unfit to Serve as Federal Judge
June 24, 2025Justice Connection today again calls on the U.S. Senate to oppose the nomination of Emil Bove to a lifetime appointment to the Third Circuit following Erez Reuveni’s whistleblower disclosure alleging Bove’s involvement in a campaign to defy federal court orders and lie to the court. “It’s unconscionable to even consider elevating someone…
Justice Connection Releases Video of Fmr. DOJ Officials Opposing Bove Nomination
Justice Connection Releases Video of Fmr. DOJ Officials Opposing Bove Nomination
June 23, 2025Justice Connection today released a video featuring a warning from former federal prosecutors that Emil Bove’s unlawful and unethical actions at the Justice Department should disqualify him from a lifetime appointment as a federal appellate judge. “Emil Bove got his job at the Justice Department because of his role as Donald Trump’s…
Justice Connection Launches Pro Bono Legal Services for DOJ Employees Under Attack
Justice Connection Launches Pro Bono Legal Services for DOJ Employees Under Attack
June 4, 2025Today Justice Connection launched a first-of-its-kind legal network built by and for the Justice Department community, where federal employees will receive legal representation throughout their cases. The Justice Connection Legal Network, staffed by trained DOJ alumni volunteers, offers pro bono representation to current and recent DOJ employees facing federal employment-related…
