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Sen. Cruz (R-TX) humiliated himself during Merrick Garland's confirmation with a conspiracy theory rant designed to make people forget his Cancun vacation.
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has refused a call to hold a quick confirmation hearing for Merrick Garland, who President Joe Biden has nominated to serve as the nation’s attorney general. Garland’s hearing is scheduled for February 8.
The must read full remarks by President-Elect Joe Biden on yesterday's unprecedented violent and deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol and our democracy.
President-elect Joe Biden has selected federal appeals judge Merrick Garland to be the next United States attorney general, a transition official has confirmed. Garland has served on the federal appeals bench since 1997 and previously worked as a federal prosecutor, most prominently securing the conviction of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh during his time with the Justice Department.
On Monday, Attorney General William Barr announced that he will be stepping down from his position shortly before Christmas. His replacement will be Jeff Rosen, who is currently serving as Barr’s number 2.
President Obama remembered RBG with a touching statement, but he also threw McConnell's blocking of Merrick Garland's nomination back at him.
Mitch McConnell admitted that his reason for blocking Merrick Garland was a lie and that he would fill a Supreme Court vacancy for Trump in 2020.
After losing his case to keep his financial records secret, Trump appealed the decision to the circuit court headed by Merrick Garland.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) responded to Republican claims that they won the election and can do whatever they want by saying the name Merrick Garland.
Justice has not only been denied to a worthy Supreme Court nominee and the work of the high court. It continues to be denied to the American people.
Judge Merrick Garland was described in a report by the American Bar Association thusly, “Garland has no weaknesses.“ Indeed, “He may be the perfect human being.”
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) admitted that Senate Republicans plan to confirm President Obama's Supreme Court nominee if it looks like they are going to lose the presidential election.
Watch live as President Obama puts the full court press on Republicans in an attempt to break the obstruction of his Supreme Court nominee.
President Obama is ending his two-year Fox News ban, by doing an interview that will air on Fox News Sunday. What is interesting is that the President will be using the interview to hammer Republicans for obstructing his Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland.
Democrats are mocking Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley's "very bad recess" because it was a recess full of angry constituents demanding that he do his job.
The Senate Republican blockade of President Obama's Supreme Court nominee is collapsing as two more Republican senators have agreed to meet with Merrick Garland.
In deep red Oklahoma, Republicans didn't fare well in an online poll about their Senate tactics of delaying President Obama's Supreme Court nominee hearings and confirmation. In fact, they were roughly 2-1 against it.
President Obama is turning up the heat on Senate Republicans and pushing them to vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland.
According to Duke, "three open Jewish members" is too many on SCOTUS, because "those Jews" will do "whatever the Jewish agenda is"
Senate Republicans admitted that they are blocking President Obama's Supreme Court nominee as an election tactic. Some Senators admit that they will confirm Obama's Supreme Court pick during the lame duck session if they lose the presidential election in November.