Therein lies the tragedy of Merrick Garland. A man who could have been a truly supreme justice — but for then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s unprecedented Republican blockade ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Some five years after being snubbed for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, Merrick Garland is the new U.S. attorney general. In a 70-30 vote Wednesday, the U.S. Senate ...

Now, the soft-spoken Garland, who was denied a seat on the Supreme Court by the Republican-led Senate, is leaving this month with the department under siege and his own legacy in question.

would Senate Republicans try to confirm Merrick Garland? The short answer is no way, unless President-elect Clinton asks them to do so. And the only plausible scenario in which she might make such ...

Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) raised concerns with Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFER) Banking Act in a recent Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing.

READ: Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland is Jewish ... seen as concessions to make Obama’s pick more palatable to Senate Republicans – or at least make it harder for them to refuse ...

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday he will not allow the Justice Department ''to be used as a political weapon," as he denounced "conspiracy theories and ''dangerous ...

President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court demonstrates a desire to compromise with the Senate, but it should not change the calculus of the Republican majority to keep ...

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