Biden's attorney general pick Garland to prioritize civil rights, combating domestic terror

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In 1995, Merrick Garland was tasked with supervising a sprawling U.S. Justice Department criminal investigation into the bombing of a federal office building in Oklahoma City that killed 168 people.

FILE PHOTO: Judge Merrick Garland, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be U.S. Attorney General, rises to speak as Biden announces his Justice Department nominees at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Now, 26 years later, the threat of domestic terrorism is once again at the forefront of Justice Department’s agenda as Garland, 68, prepares for a new role as President Joe Biden’s pick for attorney general. The topic is likely to be a major theme on Monday when Garland appears for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“He will have his hands full with many different priorities,” said Jamie Gorelick, a former deputy attorney aeneral who attended Harvard University with Garland in the early 1970s and in 1994 tapped him to serve as her principal deputy. His confirmation this time around is considered a near-certainty, as several key Senate Republicans have endorsed him.Garland would take the helm of the department at a fraught moment, after the May 25 police killing of George Floyd led to widespread protests over systemic racism and police violence against African Americans.

Beyond policy, part of the task of attorney general will also be to restore confidence in the department’s independence.

 

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Race nazis and cancel culture protect the honest law abiding tax paying citizens from these demons that are infiltrating like a virus. Otherwise you'll essentially be holding down the furniture and wasting oxygen.

Locking up every Trump, except Putin's love child, Barron.

He should already be sworn in this is so fucking ridiculous

CIVIL RIGHTS and DOMESTIC TERRORISM? 50 Years of Nixon Politics. A Congress that has kept medical marijuana classified with heroin for 50 years to protect alcohol, tobacco and drug industry sales is the kind of government you have.

He should be sitting on the SCOTUS

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