Merrick Garland, Biden’s Pick for Attorney General, Will Finally Get His Hearing

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Five years after his Supreme Court nomination died in a political standoff, Merrick Garland is expected to get a bipartisan welcome during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday as President Biden’s choice for attorney general

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“More than anything we need to restore the honor, the integrity, the independence of the Department of Justice of this nation that has been so badly damaged,” Mr. Biden said Jan. 7, when he announced Judge Garland’s nomination. “A badly wounded Justice Department could better be restored to its traditional role with MG as AG,” Walter Dellinger, a former acting solicitor general in the Clinton administration, said in an Oct. 11 email to a senior Biden adviser.

 

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How many people replying to this post have ever even read one of Garland’s opinions or are familiar with his record? Their support for him is based purely on political partisanship and cult of personality nonsense.

Revenge

Shame on MoscowMitch for blocking a vote for this very decent, honorable, fair man, competent man.

Wonderful! Given past Republican behavior where Mr. Garland is concerned, I’ll believe his clear confirmation when I actually see it! 👠

Finally I have been waiting for this day to come

HawleyMO will again be a No vote because he doesn’t want unity just an insurrection.

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