President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court Wednesday morning, setting up a dramatic political fight with Senate Republicans who have vowed to block any replacement for the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Merrick Garland, a I've known Merrick Garland and his wife Lynn for the nearly two decades he served on the U.S. … Read more
Good morning. Here's what you need to know: • Merrick Garland's dream job. Merrick B. Garland, a centrist appeals court judge who is widely respected by Democrats and Republicans, took carefully considered steps to position himself for the job he President Barack Obama arrives with Judge Merrick Garland to announce Merrick Garland as his nominee … Read more
President Barack Obama will nominate Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court Wednesday morning, multiple congressional sources tell CNN, setting up a dramatic political fight with Senate Republicans who have vowed to block any replacement for the late President Obama is announcing his nomination to the Supreme Court on Wednesday: Judge Merrick Garland. Will the Senate … Read more
WASHINGTON — Merrick B. Garland, a Harvard-educated lawyer and classic overachiever, was working in lucrative private practice at Arnold & Porter in the nation's capital when, in 1989, he was offered a position as a federal prosecutor handling A string of bulletins marked “URGENT” flashed across Merrick Garland's computer screen on the fourth floor of … Read more