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Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as the 86th United States attorney general.He previously served as a U.S. circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021. In 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the Republican-led U.S. Senate effectively ...
The Attorney General represents the United States in legal matters generally and gives advice and opinions to the President and to the heads of the executive departments of the Government when so requested. In matters of exceptional gravity or importance the Attorney General appears in person before the Supreme Court. Since the 1870 Act that ...
Mar 10, 2021 · Senate confirms Merrick Garland as U.S. attorney general. The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Merrick Garland as attorney general. President Joe Biden named the longtime federal appeals court ...
Mar 10, 2021 · “Attorney General Garland will lead the Department of Justice with honesty and integrity,” Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois and the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, ...
Mar 10, 2021 · Merrick Garland speaks during his attorney general confirmation hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Feb. 22. Demetrius Freeman/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Mar 10, 2021 · Trump’s pressure on officials, particularly on Barr and former Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions over the department’s probe into his campaign’s ties to Russia, prompted abundant criticism from ...
Jan 8, 2021 · As attorney general, Garland would face weighty decisions over whether to pursue investigations into Trump, former and current members of his administration and his associates that some Democrats ...
