WASHINGTON (JTA) — Some five years after being snubbed for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, Merrick Garland is the new U.S. attorney general. In a 70-30 vote Wednesday, the U.S. Senate ...

Garland, a once-beloved appellate judge whose nomination to the Supreme Court was thwarted by a Republican Senate, took the reins of the department in 2021. He began in the role by pledging ...

In response to a question about Senate Republicans’ decision not to act on Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Ginsburg stated: I do think cooler heads will prevail, I hope ...

If they do, the Left will be clamoring for Hillary to dump Garland and nominate a younger, more “progressive” candidate. In this scenario, even if Senate Republicans overwhelmingly wanted to ...

The letter, addressed to current Attorney General Merrick Garland and signed by all Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, comes just one week before Trump's inauguration. "As President ...

Last year, then-President Barack Obama picked Garland to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat left open when Justice Antonin Scalia died. However, Senate Republicans refused to consider him ...

The letter, addressed to current Attorney General Merrick Garland and signed by all Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, comes just one week before Trump's inauguration. "As President-elect ...