U.S. Supreme Court
Mar. 18, 2016
Obama nominates Garland to SCOTUS
President Barack Obama walks to the Rose Garden with Merrick Garland, his nominee for the Supreme Court vacancy, for a news conference at the White House in Washington, March 16, 2016. Garland is currently chief judge for U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit.
New York Times
WASHINGTON ? President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he would nominate Merrick B. Garland as the nation's 113th Supreme Court justice, choosing a centrist appeals court judge for the lifetime appointment and daring Republican senators to refuse consideration of a jurist who is highly regarded throughout Washington.
Obama introduced Garland to an audience of h...
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