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Garland's nomination expired on January 3, 2017, at the end of the 114th Congress, after languishing 293 days. [10] [82] Garland's nomination was the 15th nomination to the Supreme Court to lapse at the end of a session of Congress. [83] Barack Obama was succeeded by Donald Trump on January 20, 2017.
If he is confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general, former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz will replace Merrick Garland, a onetime Supreme Court nominee who served two prior ...
Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 86th United States attorney general from 2021 to 2025. He previously served as a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021.
The following month, President Barack Obama nominated D.C. Circuit Judge Merrick Garland to replace Scalia. However, the Senate was controlled by the Republican Party, which argued that the next president should instead appoint Scalia's successor. [51]
Trump, who says the Justice Department was politicized under Joe Biden, has a long list of loyal supporters who could take the job.
By Sarah N. Lynch. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - 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 ...
The leading contenders to replace Stevens were said to include Seventh Circuit Judge Diane Pamela Wood and Solicitor General Elena Kagan, both of whom had been interviewed for the David Souter vacancy, and D.C. Circuit Judge Merrick B. Garland, who had also been considered for the Souter vacancy. [39]
“I am not the president’s lawyer; I am the United States’ lawyer,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland, a former federal appeals judge. Barbara McQuade, a former U.S. attorney who is now ...