"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 ...

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 ...

President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday formally announced he will nominate Judge Merrick Garland as his attorney general, as well as other key nominations to the Justice Department.

Federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland, center, stands as President Barack Obama, right, and Vice President Joe Biden applaud as he is introduced as Obama?s nominee for the Supreme Court, March ...

WASHINGTON — The battle for control of the Supreme Court now has a name: Merrick Garland. President Obama named the federal appeals court judge to a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, ...

Merrick Garland, President Obama’s pick to fill Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court, is a moderate judge from the D.C. Circuit Court. What else do we know about him, as a justice and as a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House has confirmed that Merrick Garland as been nominated to take the place of late Chief Justice Antonin Scalia. Garland, 63, was special assistant to the attorney ...

President Barack Obama will on Wednesday tap the centrist judge Merrick Garland as his pick to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by late conservative justice Antonin Scalia, setting the stage for an ...

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 ...