Intro

OA1170 - This Rapid Response Friday it’s Boh-vey (yes that is how you pronounce it, probably) all day--as in former Trump defense attorney and current Trump henchman Emil Bove, now up for a seat formerly occupied by Samuel Alito on the Third Circuit. Matt ties together several different stories from the news--from January 6th to the Eric Adams prosecution to DOJ’s deportations in violation of court orders--together with this week’s stunning 27-page account from deep inside the DOJ provided by a former loyalist.

Finally, in today’s footnote: a pro se plaintiff invents a completely new way for AI to be useless in the courtroom

• Government’s Motion to Clarify in D.H.S.. v. D.V.D.:  (filed shortly after we recorded on 6/27/25)

• The U.S. Supreme Court’s order in D.H.S. v. D.V.D. (6/23/25) 

• Day 1 of Emil Bove’s confirmation hearing (6/25/26)

• Letter filed by Government Accountability Project on behalf of Erez Reuveni (6/25/25)

• Oral arguments before New York’s First Appellate Division (3/26/25)(clip starts at 19:29)

• Federal magistrate Barbara Holmes’s detention review decision in U.S. v. Kilmar Abrego Garcia (6/22/25)