Happy 64th birthday (Monday) to the 44th president, Barack Obama. Effortlessly cool, the first Black president proved a ...

President Barack Obama quickly named Merrick Garland, then 63, to fill the seat. Garland had long been considered a prime prospect for the high court, serving as chief judge on the U.S. Court of ...

Collins specifically cited the Garland issue as his justification: “It’s been 111 days since President Obama nominated Merrick Garland for the bench and, while the Senate has continued to hold ...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will nominate federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, challenging Republicans to reject a long-time jurist and former ...

President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland, who is respected across political lines, to the Supreme Court Wednesday, in an epic power play targeting the resolve of Republicans who have ...

Democrats, meanwhile, have to ask whether Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland, a 63-year-old moderate, was a mistake. Some progressives hoped for a younger candidate, with a more diverse ...

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President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick B. Garland to fill Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat in 2016. Doug Mills/The New York Times By Adam Liptak and Sheryl Gay Stolberg ...

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden with Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland on March 16, 2016. Getty/Chip Somodevilla President Donald Trump ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will nominate federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, congressional sources said Wednesday. The pick sets up a confrontation ...

Barack Obama previously nominated Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court, but Senate Republicans refused to hold hearings to advance Garland's nomination President-elect Joe Biden announced ...

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 ...