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The Senate has confirmed Merrick Garland to run the Justice Department. He's vowed to crack down on violent domestic extremists and reduce racial disparities in the justice system.
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Two more of President Biden's nominees to lead the Justice Department will be questioned by the Senate this week as Merrick Garland prepares for confirmation as attorney general.
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The federal judge, once denied a Supreme Court confirmation hearing by Republicans, faced lawmakers Monday for his nomination to lead the Justice Department.
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President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan heads for a House vote as early as this week, while the former president makes his first major speech since leaving office.
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The former Supreme Court nominee will face the Senate this week as President Biden's pick to lead the Justice Department. If confirmed, he'll inherit a department reeling from political scandals.
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With Judge David Tatel stepping down, and Judge Merrick Garland set to become Attorney General, expect Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill one of the slots. She's also a potential Supreme Court nominee.
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The president-elect made the remarks before introducing his choice for U.S. attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland.
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The federal appeals judge was spurned when Democrats supported him as a Supreme Court justice. Now the incoming Biden administration wants him to lead what it calls reform at the Justice Department.
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The federal judge and erstwhile Supreme Court nominee — whose case was never taken up by Senate Republicans — could be asked by the new administration to take the reins of the Justice Department.
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The Senate majority leader told an audience in Kentucky that if a vacancy were to occur in the election year, "we'd fill it." He had refused to allow a vote on President Obama's nominee in 2016.