“Trump urges Senate GOP to end blue slip tradition for federal judges, US attorneys; The blue slip, a longstanding Senate tradition that gives lawmakers a mechanism for weighing in on White House judicial nominees, has been regarded as one of the last remaining vestiges of bipartisanship in an increasingly divided chamber”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Senate, Rejecting Whistle-Blower Alarms, Confirms Bove to Appeals Court; The Trump loyalist was narrowly approved as Republicans brushed aside concerns about his conduct as a senior Justice Department official”: Devlin Barrett of The New York Times has this report. Barrett also has a related report headlined “Grassley, a Champion of Whistle-Blowers, Spurns Them in a Fight Over Bove; The senator’s treatment of whistle-blowers detailing allegations against Emil Bove, the Trump loyalist and appeals court pick, has had a chilling effect, critics say.”

Perry Stein and Theodoric Meyer of The Washington Post report that “Senate confirms controversial Trump nominee Emil Bove as federal judge; Bove, a former lawyer for Donald Trump and current top Justice Department official, was the target of three whistleblower complaints.”

Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Trump’s Former Lawyer Emil Bove Confirmed to Federal Appeals Court; Justice Department official narrowly approved despite pushback from Democrats.”

And Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Emil Bove was confirmed for a lifetime seat on a Philly-based federal appeals court; The confirmation vote capped a remarkably contentious process that will secure a prominent place in the judiciary for one Trump’s fiercest defenders.”

“Abortion Ruling Emboldens State Legislators to Limit Pill Access”: Celine Castronuovo of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“170. DOJ’s (Ridiculous) Misconduct Complaint Against Chief Judge Boasberg; DOJ’s complaint that Chief Judge Boasberg engaged in ‘misconduct’ would be laughably stupid if it didn’t reflect such a transparently obvious and dangerous attempt to delegitimize the federal courts.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Senate Rushes to Confirm Bove as Another Whistleblower Emerges”: Suzanne Monyak and Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Trump administration files misconduct complaint against prominent judge Boasberg”: Nate Raymond and Jan Wolfe of Reuters have this report.

And Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News reports that “Justice Department Hits Judge in El Salvador Deportation Case With Ethics Complaint.”

You can view the misconduct complaint at this link.

“Trump Extends Top Nevada Prosecutor in Latest Personnel Maneuver”: Ben Penn of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Paul Cassell has a post titled “The Attorney General Can Put Her Own Legal Team in Place — through U.S. Attorneys in New Jersey and Elsewhere.”

“Judiciary asks Trump to skip 10th Circuit nomination, allowing court to shrink”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Involuntarily Committed People Can Be Denied Right to Bear Arms”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report on a ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Trump Is Discovering the Downside of a Justice Department With No Credibility”: Daniel Richman has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Judiciary Democrats demand probe after third Bove whistleblower; The top Justice Department official is set to be confirmed as a federal appeals judge this week”: Jordain Carney of Politico has this report.

And Hailey Fuchs of Politico reports that “Bove’s nomination not yet derailed by new whistleblower complaint; Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) says he’ll still vote for Emil Bove to serve on the Third Circuit.”