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On March 16, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to succeed Antonin Scalia, who had died one month earlier. At the time of his nomination, Garland was the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit .
Jun 29, 2018 · Merrick Garland was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama in March 2016. The Senate never voted on his nomination.
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Oct 20, 2020 · The nomination of federal appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court reignited claims of unfair behavior by Senate Republicans who refused to confirm Judge Merrick...
Sep 18, 2020 · The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg less than two months from the presidential election has forced a reexamination of Republicans’ 11-month blockade of Merrick Garland...
Mar 16, 2016 · Merrick B. Garland, who was on President Obama’s shortlist for previous Supreme Court nominations, was confirmed 76 to 23 as a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of...
Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland. On March 16, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court of the United States.
Mar 16, 2016 · WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday nominated Merrick B. Garland to be the nation’s 113th Supreme Court justice, choosing a centrist appellate judge who could reshape the court for a...
A series of carefully considered steps has positioned Judge Merrick B. Garland for a job his friends say he has dreamed of for years: a seat on the United States Supreme Court.
The unprecedented refusal of a Senate majority to consider a Supreme Court nomination was highly controversial. Garland's nomination lasted 293 days (the longest to date), and it expired on January 3, 2017, at the end of the 114th Congress.
Mar 29, 2024 · Nominations: Merrick B. Garland -Supreme Court of the United States Congress.gov. PN1258 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Merrick B. Garland — Supreme Court of the United States (Mar. 16, 2016 – Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary).
