The Trump team’s disdain for the courts is becoming even clearer

The big question hanging over top Justice Department official Emil Bove’s nomination to a prestigious appeals court judgeship is whether he actually suggested the Trump DOJ might simply ignore court orders.

The big question hanging over top Justice Department official Emil Bove’s nomination to a prestigious appeals court judgeship is whether he actually suggested the Trump DOJ might simply ignore court orders. That’s what a whistleblower who served with Bove says, and that whistleblower has now backed up his account with evidence. If Bove actually said such a thing – he allegedly said the administration needed to consider telling the courts “f**k you” and ignoring orders – it would obviously be very problematic. This is a man, after all, who could soon be charged with upholding the rule of law from the other side. But regardless of what precisely transpired in the March meeting that the whistleblower cites, there is no question this highlights the Trump administration’s disdain for the courts. And it just keeps getting worse, as new disclosures role in. The situation deals with the Trump administration’s efforts to rapidly deport migrants to a brutal prison in El Salvador without due process. These are the deportations that involved the Alien Enemies Act and included Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Courts have repeatedly rebuked the administration’s actions, and Abrego Garcia’s case stands as a huge test of President Donald Trump’s power grabs.