"Bove spent his evening yesterday attending what can only be described as a full-throated MAGA campaign rally in Pennsylvania. And when reporters asked why a sitting federal appellate judge was standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the red-hat faithful while Donald Trump railed against Democrats in a highly partisan speech, Bove shrugged it off with a breezy: "Just here as a citizen coming to watch the President speak.""
"Sir. You are a federal judge. You don't get to switch that off like a light switch so you can vibe at a rally where the headliner screams about "radical left Democrats." This is why the Code of Conduct for US Judges says "a judge should refrain from political activity" and shouldn't go to events "sponsored by a political organization or candidate.""
"To give a little flavor of the kind of partisan event we're talking about, Bloomberg Law reports Trump bashed "the radical left Democrats in Congress," criticized Joe Biden as "the worst president in the history of our country," called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz "one of the dumbest governors ever in our history," and said Rep. llhan Omar "and the people from Somalia" "hate our country" and "think we're stupid people.""
Emil Bove's Third Circuit confirmation followed allegations about defying federal court orders and already prompted an earlier ethics complaint. He attended a MAGA campaign rally in Pennsylvania where President Trump delivered partisan attacks, and Bove stood among supporters. Bove claimed he attended merely as a citizen. Ethical rules instruct judges to refrain from political activity and avoid events sponsored by political organizations or candidates. Gabe Roth of Fix the Court filed a judicial ethics complaint with the Third Circuit regarding Bove's participation at the rally.
Read at Above the Law
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