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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Judge Merrick Garland speaks after being introduced at the White House on Wednesday by President Barack Obama as his nominee to the Supreme Court. Judge Merrick Garland speaks after being introduced ...

In an interview with CNN host Laura Coates, former Attorney General Eric Holder explains why he supports expanding the Supreme Court from nine seats. LAURA COATES: There's also been this debate that's ...

President Obama made a brilliant choice in Merrick Garland for nominee for Supreme Court Justice. If the Republicans refuse to cooperate, neglect performing their duties, procrastinate the hearing or ...

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, ...

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama nominated appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, challenging Republicans to drop their adamant refusal to even consider his choice ...

Former vice president Joe Biden said in an interview published Friday that he would consider renominating Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court and lamented that he wasn’t tougher on Republican Senate ...