font-size: .9em; Marrero [68] In 2002, Garland joined a unanimous court in ruling for two federal prisoners who were denied the right to consume communion wine. Politics Merrick Garland Texas Voting Rights Donald Trump. Earlier in his career, Attorney General Garland was a partner in the law firm of Arnold & Porter, where his practice involved civil and criminal litigation, antitrust, and administrative law. [18][19] Garland wrote his 235-page honors thesis on industrial mergers in Britain in the 1960s. Whittemore. Beaty Fisher .widget-row.Democratic { [55] Roberts replied, "Any time Judge Garland disagrees, you know you're in a difficult area. United States Attorney General Merrick Garland issued an edict to Department of Justice employees on Tuesday reminding them that their personal political affiliations must in no way interfere with . His opinions avoid unnecessary, sweeping pronouncements. 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In his opinion for the panel, Judge Garland wrote,[13], The question before us, then, is whether it is 'logical or plausible,' for the CIA to contend that it would reveal something not already officially acknowledged to say that the Agency 'at least has an intelligence interest' in such strikes. Her father, Robert Rosenman, was a partner in the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Cindrich Miller Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist serving since March 2021 as the 86th United States attorney general. Traxler [113] The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 157 to advance Garland's nomination to the Senate floor,[115][116] and on March 10, the Senate confirmed Garland's nomination by a vote of 7030. [59][60] In Parhat v. Gates (2008), Garland wrote for a panel that unanimously overturned the Combatant Status Review Tribunal's determination that a captured Uyghur was an enemy combatant. The death in February 2016 of Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia provided Pres. Kahn The three OLC opinions that were revisited show a path available for Merrick Garland's DOJ, without any need for congressional or presidential approval, to recoup some of the OLC's rightfully sullied credibility. Clinton nominated Garland to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1995. [28] He represented the government at the preliminary hearings of the two main defendants, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. Merrick Garland Sees the Big Picture. Garland wrote that the suit should be allowed to proceed because "no act of Congress and no judicial precedent" immunized the contractors from tort liability, the Federal Tort Claims Act specifically excludes contractors, and tort liability would not interfere with government operations. [93], Under Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the Senate's Republican majority refused to consider Garland's nomination, holding "no hearings, no votes, no action whatsoever" on the nomination. Jurors found Peters guilty of obstructing government . McLaughlin [126][127], On July 1, 2021, Garland imposed a moratorium on all federal executions pending a review of relevant policies and procedures. Circuit in March 1997 by President Bill Clinton, and served as its chief judge from 2013 to 2020. An official website of the United States government. [21] The American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary unanimously gave Garland a "well-qualified" committee rating, its highest. if(document.getElementsByClassName("reference").length==0) if(document.getElementById('Footnotes')!==null) document.getElementById('Footnotes').parentNode.style.display = 'none'; .succession-table th, .succession-table tr { Stewart [65], In Lee v. Department of Justice (2005), Garland dissented from the denial of rehearing en banc after the D.C. Fletcher July 3, 2022 . Pauley [23] In United States ex rel. Lefkow Sotomayor Gershon Lenard [44][45] Garland's seven-year term as chief judge ended on February 11, 2020, with Judge Sri Srinivasan succeeding him. [103] On January 31, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to fill the Court vacancy. He received a hearing in December 1995, but a vote on his nomination was delayed due to a dispute in the Senate on whether the court's twelfth seat should be filled. [146][151], In October 2021, amid a surge of threats against school board members across the country, Garland issued a memorandum addressing an "increase in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff"; the memo directed the FBI and US attorneys' offices to set up meetings with federal, state and local law enforcement leaders for establishing tiplines for threat reporting and discussing strategies to address such threats. Lemmon Pallmeyer Paez Moody Kane [179] Garland told lawmakers that the Justice Department "will apply the facts and the law and make a decision" when considering a criminal contempt referral for Bannon. Rogers [16] During his college summers Garland volunteered as a speechwriter to Congressman Abner J. Collins In a Jan. 5 speech to the nation, Attorney General Merrick Garland said, "We will, and we must speak through our actions." Garland's well-crafted words told Americans what they needed to . [3] The following year, Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick a key mentor of Garland's[25] asked Garland to be her principal associate deputy attorney general. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). The Senate confirmed him on March 10, 2021, by a vote of 70-30. "[8], On March 9, 2016, National Public Radio reported Garland was interviewed by President Barack Obama as a candidate to succeed deceased Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. At his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in February 2021, Garland stated that combating extremist attacks on our democratic institutions would be among his top priorities as attorney general. The briefing, which will include a "risk assessment," comes just one day before Attorney General Merrick Garland will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.