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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 15–7 to advance Garland's nomination to the Senate floor, [116] [117] and on March 10, the Senate confirmed Garland's nomination by a vote of 70–30. [ 118 ] [ 112 ] [ 119 ] He was sworn in on March 11, 2021, by Assistant Attorney General for Administration Lee Lofthus.
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. On February 13, 2016, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia died unexpectedly while at the Cibolo Creek Ranch in Shafter, Texas. [12] [13] He was the second of three Supreme Court justices to die in office during the 21st century: following Chief Justice William Rehnquist in 2005; and followed by Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, preparing to step down from his post, will urge career civil servants at the Justice Department on Thursday not to let unfair criticism prevent them from ...
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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland delivers a farewell address to Justice Department employees and guests, including FBI Director Christopher Wray in the Great Hall at the Robert F. Kennedy ...
On November 8, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made a Freedom of Information Act Request to the Department of Justice asking for records of the special counsel investigation. He asked for every communication the special counsel's office had ever sent to "any New York State governmental office", "the Fulton County District Attorney's office ...
Garland is now the second attorney general to face a full House vote to be held in contempt of Congress. In 2012, the House voted 255 to 67 to hold Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.
The 216-207 vote comes after Garland declined to turn over the audio recording of an interview between Biden and Special Counsel Robert Hur, who investigated the president for mishandling ...