President Obama’s nomination of federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court led some pundits to declare that Republicans would be hard-pressed to oppose him. After all, Garland ...

President Barack Obama chose the centrist judge Merrick Garland for a pivotal vacancy on the Supreme Court Wednesday, warning Republican foes their “unprecedented” refusal to consider his nominee ...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's choice for the Supreme Court prepared for initial courtesy calls with senators Thursday as Democrats began the next phase of their drive to put unbearable ...

Last month, our antitrust column was devoted to the late Justice Antonin Scalia's antitrust legacy on the U.S. Supreme Court, focusing on his three antitrust opinions for the majority. At that time, ...

President Obama announced Wednesday morning that he is nominating U.S. Circuit Court Judge Merrick B. Garland for the Supreme Court seat once occupied by the late Justice Antonin Scalia. "Today, I am ...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama nominated veteran appellate court judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, setting up a potentially ferocious political showdown with Senate ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden on Thursday ramped up White House efforts to get a Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court selection Merrick Garland, as the U.S. vice president offered the most ...

WASHINGTON — The battle for control of the Supreme Court now has a name: Merrick Garland. President Obama named the federal appeals court judge to a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the American people must have a voice in November on filling the Supreme Court vacancy. In a speech on the Senate floor on ...

The worry these days on the eight-member Supreme Court is finding five votes on a controversial issue. But so far the justices have been unanimous in staying out of the political upheaval that has ...

Merrick Garland is President Obama’s nominee to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. Garland is from Skokie, Illinois, went to Harvard Law School and serves as the chief judge ...