/tags/merrick-garland Merrick Garland en-US Copyright Thu, 18 Jan 2024 15:53:35 GMT /news/2024-01-18/justice-department-report-finds-cascading-failures-in-response-to-uvalde-attack The Justice Department's critical incident review comes more than a year and a half after the gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Thu, 18 Jan 2024 15:53:35 GMT /news/2024-01-18/justice-department-report-finds-cascading-failures-in-response-to-uvalde-attack Ryan Lucas /texas-news/2021-09-06/justice-department-promises-to-protect-those-seeking-abortions-in-texas Merrick Garland said his department will urgently explore all options to challenge the state law that effectively bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can happen as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Mon, 06 Sep 2021 22:17:20 GMT /texas-news/2021-09-06/justice-department-promises-to-protect-those-seeking-abortions-in-texas Jerry Clayton /politics/2021-01-07/biden-is-set-to-introduce-merrick-garland-as-his-attorney-general-pick Garland is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He is likely best known as a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court who was refused a hearing by Senate Republicans. Thu, 07 Jan 2021 18:02:08 GMT /politics/2021-01-07/biden-is-set-to-introduce-merrick-garland-as-his-attorney-general-pick Brian Naylor /politics/2021-01-06/merrick-garland-is-to-be-joe-bidens-nominee-for-attorney-general 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. Wed, 06 Jan 2021 19:00:36 GMT /politics/2021-01-06/merrick-garland-is-to-be-joe-bidens-nominee-for-attorney-general Carrie Johnson