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15 Aug 2023, 3:45 am by Daniel M. Kowalski
Clark, Appellate Immigration Judge Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Katharine E. [read post]
The suit, filed in a Massachusetts district court, names US Attorney General Merrick Garland as its sole defendant. [read post]
20 May 2016, 5:58 am by Staci Zaretsky
[Philadelphia Inquirer] * Back in March, 53% of Americans polled said the Senate should vote on whether to confirm SCOTUS nominee Chief Judge Merrick Garland now, instead of waiting for the next president. [read post]
27 Oct 2016, 4:43 am by Edith Roberts
Ted Cruz said yesterday “that there was ‘precedent’ for a Supreme Court with fewer than nine justices — appearing to suggest that the blockade on nominee Merrick Garland could last past the election. [read post]
9 Mar 2016, 1:49 pm by Cynthia Pittson
Some names have been bandied about in the media (Judge Sri Srinivasan, Governor Brian Sandoval, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Judge Merrick Garland) but recent news stories say that D.C. [read post]
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that DOJ will be hiring 120 additional attorneys as “force multipliers” to combat pandemic-related fraud. [read post]
2 Apr 2023, 4:50 am by SHG
The Dems blackballed Bork, so the Reps refused to give Merrick Garland a hearing. [read post]
4 Aug 2016, 7:07 am by Kevin
Judge Merrick Garland, who I just realized shares a name with the Elephant Man, has now been waiting (as of August 4) 142 days for a vote on his nomination to the U.S. [read post]
7 Dec 2022, 5:01 am by Chuck Rosenberg
My apprehension regarding a special counsel has nothing to do with Garland, a highly principled and honorable man. [read post]
17 Apr 2017, 7:18 am by David Markus
But if the Democrats abuse blue slips by using them to stop qualified nominees whose ideology they just don’t like — basically what Republicans did to the eminently qualified Merrick Garland, and what Democrats tried to do to the eminently qualified Neil Gorsuch — then it might be time to shred the blue slip. [read post]
23 Aug 2018, 2:47 pm by Lovechilde
  At the very minimum, no deals should be struck with Republicans who -- from obstructing President Obama’s nominations (including, but not limited to, Merrick Garland) to ignoring time-honored blue slips in order to advance Trump’s nominations to rubber-stamping extreme right wing Federalist Society recommendations -- have been shredding Congressional norms and Constitutional checks that have previously ensured at least a modicum of integrity and fairness… [read post]
12 Jun 2021, 2:02 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
Attorney General Merrick Garland offered this statement. [read post]
22 Oct 2020, 2:33 pm by Josh Blackman
Named after Judge Merrick Garland, this Commission will research how to reform the Supreme Court. [read post]
19 Oct 2017, 4:44 pm by Lovechilde
  Neil Gorsuch, not Merrick Garland, became the next Supreme Court Justice after Republicans blew up another time-honored tradition, the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees. [read post]
11 Jul 2016, 9:36 am by Kevin
On Saturday, Garland passed Robert Bork (114 days) to take over second place on this dubious list, so now only Louis Brandeis (125) stands between Garland and the coveted honor. [read post]
30 Sep 2022, 7:08 pm by Tom Smith
– after Attorney General Merrick Garland wrote his infamous memo about investigating parents who speak out at school boards. [read post]
19 Sep 2021, 2:46 pm by Tom Smith
”Setting aside the irony of uttering these statements at an event honoring Sen. [read post]
6 Apr 2010, 6:17 am by David Oscar Markus
The top three choices to fill his spot. from the AP: Two of the three top contenders, Judge Diane Wood, 59, of the federal appeals court in Chicago and Solicitor General Elena Kagan, 49, were finalists last year when Obama chose Sonia Sotomayor to replace Justice David Souter.Judge Merrick Garland, 57, of the federal appeals court in Washington, is a former high-ranking Justice Department official who is well respected and considered least likely to engender significant Republican… [read post]
11 May 2010, 7:39 am by Jeralyn
I wonder if Professor Turley and others so disappointed about Kagan would would rather Obama appointed his reportedly second choice: Former DOJ top prosecutor (now an appeals court judge) Merrick Garland. [read post]