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 ...

WASHINGTON — President Obama named federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, setting up a major political fight with the Republican-controlled Senate, ...

WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – And, so it begins. Supreme Court nominee Merrick B. Garland paid his first official visit to Capitol Hill on Thursday after President Obama tapped him to replace the late ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here’s video of President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, appearing to mock Donald Trump at a moot court competition at Yale University in the fall of 2012: “Does your theory depend on ...

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.