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 ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

Merrick Garland is set to make Supreme Court history this week for waiting the longest to be confirmed for the job to Justice. President Obama nominated the Harvard grad back in March, after justice ...

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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 ...

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