WASHINGTON, D.C. (KGO) -- President Obama has nominated appeals court judge Merrick Garland to fill Justice Antonin Scalia's seat in the Supreme Court, setting up a showdown with Senate Republicans.

"I chose a serious man and exemplary judge, Merrick Garland," President Obama said from the Rose Garden on March 16. Find the NLJ's continuing coverage here. “I chose a serious man and exemplary judge ...

Appeals court rules Jack Smith report can be released but Merrick Garland still has a fight on his hands - The special ...

On Wednesday President Barack Obama named his nomination to fill the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy: Merrick Garland. Here are five things you should know about the nominee: He sold his comic books to pay ...

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 ...

President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland as his Supreme Court choice to fill the vacancy of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. “Today, I am nominating Chief Judge Merrick Brian Garland to join ...

This post was updated at 2:55 p.m. on March 16, 2016. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) called on Senate Republicans to hold a prompt confirmation vote on President Barack Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, ...

The Justice Department on Thursday said it would take the fight over an abortion pill to the Supreme Court after an appeals court ruling that would restrict access to the widely-used abortion pill ...

The Justice Department said Garland plans to release Jack Smith's report on Trump's 2020 election interference efforts.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday will nominate Merrick Garland, a veteran federal appeals court judge viewed as a moderate, to the U.S. Supreme Court, Democratic Senator Charles Schumer told ...

The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court on Friday to deny President-elect Trump’s request to postpone their ruling on a TikTok ban set to be implemented the day before his inauguration.

Obama returned to where he once taught law to talk about Merrick Garland. — -- President Obama hopped a flight today to his old stomping grounds at the University of Chicago Law School, where he ...