"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 -- 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 ...

Federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland, center, stands as President Barack Obama, right, and Vice President Joe Biden applaud as he is introduced as Obama?s nominee for the Supreme Court, March ...

President Obama’s nomination of federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court led some pundits to declare that Republicans would be hard-pressed to oppose him. After all, Garland ...

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland told the U.S. Senate in writing Tuesday that neither President Barack Obama nor White House staffers sought assurances from him about how he would rule on ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House has confirmed that Merrick Garland as been nominated to take the place of late Chief Justice Antonin Scalia. Garland, 63, was special assistant to the attorney ...

WASHINGTON — The battle for control of the Supreme Court now has a name: Merrick Garland. President Obama named the federal appeals court judge to a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, ...

President Barack Obama will on Wednesday tap the centrist judge Merrick Garland as his pick to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by late conservative justice Antonin Scalia, setting the stage for an ...