“Evidence is growing that Emil Bove urged Department of Justice lawyers to ignore federal court orders. That alone should disqualify him from a lifetime appointment to one of the most powerful courts in our country,” said Sean Eldridge, president and founder of the progressive advocacy group Stand Up America, in a statement.

“What we’re seeing here is something I never thought would be possible on such a wide scale: federal prosecutors appointed by the Trump administration intentionally presenting dubious if not outright false evidence to a court of jurisdiction in cases that impact a person’s fundamental rights not only under our Constitution, but their natural rights as humans,” said Whistleblower Aid chief legal counsel Andrew Bakaj in a statement.