Merrick Garland
| Merrick Garland | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | 53 |
| Station: | D.C. |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 3/20/1997 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Abner Mikva |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1952 |
| Home State: | Illinois |
| Bachelors: | Harvard '74 |
| Law School: | Harvard Law '77 |
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Merrick Brian Garland is an Article III federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He joined the court in 1997 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. Garland is one of three leading contenders for nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States since the April 2010 retirement announcement of Justice John Paul Stevens. [1]
Early life and education
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Garland graduated from Harvard College with his Bachelor's degree in 1974 and later from Harvard Law School with his J.D. degree in 1977. [2]
Professional career
Garland was a law clerk for former federal appeals judge Henry Friendly in the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals from 1977 to 1978, and also clerked for Associate Justice of the United States William J. Brennan, Jr. in the Supreme Court of the United States from 1978 to 1979. Garland was a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice from 1979 to 1981 before entering private practice in Washington, D.C. until 1989. Garland was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1989 to 1992 before resuming private practice briefly until 1993. Garland served as Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Department of Justice in the Criminal Prosecutions division from 1993 to 1994 before serving as Principal Associate Deputy U.S. Attorney General until 1997. [2]
Judicial career
DC Circuit
On the recommendation of the at-large Congressional delegation for the District of Columbia, Garland was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by President Bill Clinton on January 7, 1997 to a seat vacated by Abner Mikva as Mikva assumed senior status. Garland was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 19, 1997 on a Senate vote and received his commission on March 20, 1997. [3]
Judicial philosophy
According to The Houston Chronicle:
| “ | Garland is regarded by legal scholars as a moderate, and he is well respected by both Democrats and Republicans in Washington. [4] | ” |
See also
External links
- Judge Garland Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- The Federalist Society, Video: Panel on Prosecutorial Misconduct, November 19, 2012
- The Houston Chronicle, "Supreme Court contender profile: Judge Merrick Garland," April 14, 2010
References
- ↑ Los Angeles Times "Profiles of three possible successors to Justice John Paul Stevens", April 10, 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Judge Garland Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
- ↑ "THOMAS" Merrick Garland USCA, Fed. Cir. confirmation: PN6-105 (search for "Merrick Garland")
- ↑ The Houston Chronicle, "Supreme Court contender profile: Judge Merrick Garland," April 14, 2010
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
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