In 2016, the American Bar Assn. couldn’t say enough good things about Merrick Garland, then the chief judge of the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and President Obama ...

However, Ron Klain, Biden’s incoming chief of staff, pushed for Garland. Klain argued that the former federal judge’s reputation for impartiality and fairness would help restore confidence in a ...

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—February 28 and 29 ... Maryland Governor Larry Hogan wrote Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting that the Justice Department “provide appropriate ...

A federal judge criticizes the Justice Department for failing to show evidence of racial discrimination in the Louisville Police Department.

A federal judge sentenced a Florida dentist to two years in prison with credit for time served after his arrest in June.