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 ...

Federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland, walks out with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden as he is introduced as Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court during an announcement ...

President Barack Obama is committing to his Supreme Court nominee through the end of his term, saying he will stick with Merrick Garland as his pick no matter who is elected president.

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 ...

I hope they’re fair. That’s all. I hope they are fair. As they did when they confirmed Merrick Garland to the D.C. Circuit, I ask that they confirm Merrick Garland now to the Supreme Court, so that he ...

Merrick Garland, whom President Barack Obama nominated Wednesday to fill an open Supreme Court seat, is a longtime jurist who once gave up a lucrative career at a law firm to become a federal ...

President Barack Obama Nominates Merrick Garland to U.S. Supreme Court. Published Mar 16, 2016 at 8:31 AM EDT Updated Dec 07, 2016 at 3:48 PM EST.

Barack Obama nominated 63-year-old appeals-court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court Wednesday morning. Garland is widely viewed as a moderate — one Republican senator Orrin Hatch once ...

With the announcement Wednesday that President Barack Obama would nominate centrist appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, the White House caught the Washington political ...

President Barack Obama and Judge Merrick Garland walk together on March 16, the day Mr. Obama nominated Judge Garland for the U.S. Supreme Court. Photo: Ron Sachs/Zuma Press ...

Federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland stands with President Barack Obama as he is introduced as Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court at the White House in March of 2016.

By the time President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick B. Garland — a mild-mannered jurist with impeccable credentials, a moderate record and fans across the ideological spectrum — the ...