"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, 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.

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, ...

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, President Obama’s pick to fill the seat on the Supreme Court left vacant after the death of Antonin Scalia, gave an emotional introduction to the American public. But Garland is ...

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 Exacting Merrick Garland—As Told By His Clerks Chief Judge Merrick Garland's clerks describe a boss who was demanding but kind, and who stayed active in their lives well after the yearlong ...

Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to release a report on the election-interference investigation into Donald Trump 'when ...

"I did not support taking up a nomination eight months before the 2016 election to fill the vacancy created by the passing of Justice Scalia," the Republican senator from Alaska said. "You stated a ...

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 ...

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 ...