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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.
WASHINGTON (AP) — During hearings on Merrick Garland's nomination to be President Joe Biden's attorney general, the longtime federal appeals court judge told senators in 2021 that he hoped to “turn down the volume” on the public discourse about the Justice Department and return to the days when the agency was not the “center of partisan disagreement.”
President-elect Joe Biden has selected Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court, as his attorney general, two people ...
After a period of 293 days, Garland's nomination expired on January 3, 2017, at the end of the 114th Congress, the 15th nomination to the Supreme Court to lapse at the end of a session of Congress. [ 102 ] [ 103 ] It was the longest pending period of a Supreme Court nominee in history , far exceeding the 125-day delay faced by the ultimately ...
President-elect Joe Biden introduced four Justice Department nominees who will become the top law enforcement officials in the country. Biden introduces Merrick Garland as attorney general, 3 ...
President Biden will make many nominations to key roles in the Department of Justice, including the attorney general, deputy attorney general, and solicitor general.As with all other nominations, almost all of them have to be confirmed by the United States Senate before they can start their service.
President-elect Biden has reportedly selected Federal Appeals Court Judge Merrick Garland as his Attorney General. Garland has held several top positions in the Justice Department – including ...
Merrick Garland, the onetime Supreme Court nominee picked by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as attorney general, pledged Thursday to pursue prosecutions without fear or favor amid mounting ...