merrick garland

The federal judge, once denied a Supreme Court confirmation hearing by Republicans, faced lawmakers Monday for his nomination to lead the Justice Department.

The former Supreme Court nominee will face the Senate this week as President Biden's pick to lead the Justice Department. If confirmed, he'll inherit a department reeling from political scandals.

The president-elect made the remarks before introducing his choice for U.S. attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland.

The federal appeals judge was spurned when Democrats supported him as a Supreme Court justice. Now the incoming Biden administration wants him to lead what it calls reform at the Justice Department.

The federal judge and erstwhile Supreme Court nominee — whose case was never taken up by Senate Republicans — could be asked by the new administration to take the reins of the Justice Department.

In February 2016, nine months before the presidential election that produced the Trump presidency, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland, a...

The Senate majority leader told an audience in Kentucky that if a vacancy were to occur in the election year, "we'd fill it." He had refused to allow a vote on President Obama's nominee in 2016.

President Obama has nominated Merrick Garland to be the 113th Supreme Court Justice. Garland has served as Chief Justice in the Court of Appeals for the…