Attorney General nominee Judge Merrick Garland speaks during an event with President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Thursday ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Merrick Garland turned emotional when asked Monday ... Semitism and persecution,” the erudite and soft-spoken judge said before pausing for several seconds to gather himself.

Attorney General Merrick Garland is leaving the Justice Department the same way he came in: trying to defend it against political attacks. Garland, a once-beloved appellate judge whose nomination ...

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday he will not ... to go after Smith and other prosecutors as well as the judges handling his cases. Republicans have also falsely ...

A federal judge criticizes the Justice Department for failing to show evidence of racial discrimination in the Louisville Police Department.

On the C-SPAN Networks: Merrick Garland was an Attorney General for the Department of Justice with 148 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2007 Forum as a Judge for ...

The 70-30 vote reflected consensus backing for the federal judge, who was snubbed five ... snubbed for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, Merrick Garland is the new U.S. attorney general.

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the start of Merrick Garland ... wide discretion for immigration judges to administratively close cases. On July 1, Garland imposed a federal moratorium ...

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