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Garland had more federal judicial experience than any other Supreme Court nominee in history, [38] and was the oldest Supreme Court nominee since Lewis F. Powell Jr. in 1971. [92] The American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary unanimously rated Garland "well-qualified" (its highest rating) to sit on the Supreme ...
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.
Democrats have begun blaming U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland for the 2024 election after claiming he waited too long to launch an investigation into President-elect Donald Trump.. Garland ...
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 ...
Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland's uprightness rescued the Department of Justice from Donald Trump's grip. But then he handed it over again.
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 ...
The Florida federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case is blocking Attorney General Merrick Garland from releasing a report prepared by the prosecutor who led the ...
However, upon succeeding Hayes, incoming President James A. Garfield (who, like Hayes, was a Republican) renominated Matthews, and the Senate confirmed him by a vote of 24 to 23, the narrowest confirmation for a successful U.S. Supreme Court nominee in history. He served on the Court until his death in 1889.