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Mar 16 2016
News
President Obama to nominate Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, sources say
President Obama will announce Wednesday he is nominating Merrick Garland to serve on the Supreme Court, according to three sources, setting up a protracted political fight with Republicans who have vowed to block any candidate picked by the White House.
Washington PostAug 23 2021
Opinion
Merrick Garland must investigate Donald Trump’s attempted coup — not for retribution but for deterrence
With increasing and troubling frequency, an argument is being made that former presidents should be presumptively shielded from criminal investigation and prosecution unless it is all but certain that a jury would return a conviction — a much higher bar than applies to anyone else. The argument amounts to a claim that — regardless of the nature of the crime — a former president should be above
The Boston GlobeMar 25 2024
News
Garland police ask for public’s help locating 19-year-old wanted on murder charge
A 19-year-old was identified as a suspect in the shooting that killed a man last weekend in Garland. Police said in a Monday news release they obtained an arrest warrant for Kadarrion Kanard Scott of Mesquite “as a result of the murder investigation.” Scott is wanted in the March 17 shooting of 20-year-old Drevon Bowman of Dallas. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is encouraged to
The Dallas Morning NewsMar 17 2024
News
Second man indicted in theft of ruby slippers from Judy Garland museum
DULUTH — Two months after a man was sentenced to time served for his role in the theft of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz," a second Minnesota man with a history of stealing has also been indicted by a federal grand jury. Jerry Hal Saliterman of Crystal is charged with theft of a major artwork — the same charge Terry Jon Martin pleaded guilty to in late 2023. According
Star TribuneMar 05 2024
News
Garland, tribal officials meet to discuss crime, drugs and missing people in Indian Country • Daily Montanan
On the day that the U.S. Departments of Justice and Interior released their response to violence and missing persons in Indian Country, the Attorney General of the United States visited the Crow reservation and met with law enforcement officials in Billings to announce more resources for tribal justice as well as to talk about drug trafficking. Merrick B. Garland, U.S. Attorney General, and U.
Daily MontananOct 27 2021
News
'We did not sic the FBI on parents': Attorney General Merrick Garland defends school memo
Attorney General Merrick Garland defended his memo about assisting local school officials against violence and threats of violence, as Senate Republicans blasted the memo as "shameful" and "intimidating," and one called for his resignation.
The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, said Garland politicized the department and urged him to revoke
USA TODAYOct 22 2021
Opinion
Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Message To Concerned Parents Is Clear: Shut Up Or Else
The collusion between Biden’s White House, woke school boards, and the DOJ serves one purpose: to intimidate parents into silence.
What do you call it when the country’s largest school board association secretly coordinates with the Biden White House before issuing a formal request that the administration use the FBI to investigate dissenting parents as potential “domestic terrorists,”
The FederalistJun 12 2021
Opinion
Merrick Garland’s Job Is to Root Out Trump-Era Corruption at DOJ. He’s Failing.
It was quite the week for Merrick Garland: On Monday, the department took a position in a pending legal case that was so controversial that many liberals are now openly asking whether he is up to the task of running the Justice Department at this unique moment in the department’s history. On Thursday, the New York Times reported that the department, under Garland’s predecessors during the
SlateJan 24 2023
News
Merrick Garland Says DOJ Hasn't Treated Biden Better Than Trump Over Classified Docs
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday denied that the Justice Department has treated President Joe Biden more leniently than former President Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents.
Speaking to a roundtable of his department’s Reproductive Task Force, Garland said the DOJ treats subjects equally, based on a “set of norms and practices.”
“These mean, among other
HuffPostMar 17 2016
News
GOP Senate Plots Its Path on Merrick Garland Supreme Court Nomination
Republicans on Wednesday didn’t budge in their refusal to consider Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s choice for the Supreme Court, before this fall’s elections. After that, the GOP’s strategy could shift dramatically.
Wall Street Journal (News)