Biden Taps Ex-Supreme Court Nominee Garland for Attorney General
- Republicans refused to consider Obama’s pick for high court
- Garland is a top appeals court judge and former DOJ official
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President-elect Joe Biden has picked Merrick Garland, the federal judge who never got a confirmation hearing as Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee five years ago, as his choice for attorney general, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The nomination of Garland, who currently serves as chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, will resonate with Democrats after Senate Republicans led by Mitch McConnell prevented him from even getting a confirmation hearing for the high court in 2016.