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 ...

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland headed to Capitol Hill today. Face-to-face meetings are a courtesy that senators traditionally extend to nominees. But the only visits on Garland's schedule today ...

When President Obama announced on Wednesday that federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland was his pick to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, a lot of people on both sides of the ...

A newly released Senate Judiciary document reveals that then-Attorney General Merrick Garland was briefed in early 2023 on special counsel Jack Smith’s efforts to obtain communications from Trump’s ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. In March 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme ...

WASHINGTON - Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's U.S. Supreme Court selection, on Tuesday failed to persuade Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley during a private meeting to hold ...

President Obama made a brilliant choice in Merrick Garland for nominee for Supreme Court Justice. If the Republicans refuse to cooperate, neglect performing their duties, procrastinate the hearing or ...

In this April 21, 2016 file photo, Judge Merrick Garland is seen at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, Thursday, April 21, 2016. A longtime friend of Garland tells The Associated Press ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden on Thursday ramped up White House efforts to get a Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court selection Merrick Garland, as the U.S. vice president offered the most ...

(Reuters) - Victim advocates and former prosecutors used the anniversary of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing on Tuesday to lobby the U.S. Senate on behalf of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, ...