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With the confirmation of controversial judicial nominee Emil Bove, President Donald Trump has shifted the political alignment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, which holds jurisdiction over the states of Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey.

Bove was confirmed in a fiercely divided 50-49 vote Tuesday. Two Republican senators — Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — joined all Democrats in opposing Bove for the remaining Pennsylvania seat on the court. Democrats criticized Bove for politicizing the Department of Justice during his few months as deputy attorney general.

That includes firing career federal prosecutors who convicted Jan. 6 rio

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