Attorney General Merrick B. Garland was sworn in as the 86th Attorney General of the United States on March 11, 2021. As the nation's chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General Garland leads the Justice Department's 115,000 employees, who work across the United States and in more than 50 countries worldwide.Jan 28, 2022
On March 16, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to succeed Antonin Scalia, who had died one month earlier.
He was appointed to that position in 1997, served as Chief Judge of the Circuit from 2013-20, and served as Chair of the Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 2017-20. In 2016, President Obama nominated him for the position of Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.Jul 27, 2021
Merrick GarlandUnited States Attorney GeneralIncumbent Merrick Garland since March 11, 2021United States Department of JusticeStyleMr. Attorney General (informal) The Honorable (formal)Member ofCabinet National Security Council13 more rows
chief justice ofJohn Glover Roberts, Jr. is the chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George W. Bush (R) on September 6, 2005, to fill the seat left vacant by William Rehnquist.
He served as a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021. ... President Joe Biden nominated Garland as Attorney General in January 2021. He was confirmed by the United States Senate in March.
George Washington holds the record for most Supreme Court nominations, with 14 nominations (12 of which were confirmed). Making the second-most nominations were Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Tyler, with nine each (all nine of Roosevelt's were confirmed, while only one of Tyler's was).
Supreme Court Nominations (1789-Present)NomineeTo ReplaceNominated*President Trump, DonaldBarrett, Amy ConeyGinsburgSep 29, 2020Kavanaugh, BrettKennedyJul 10, 2018Gorsuch, Neil M.ScaliaFeb 1, 201792 more rows
List of unsuccessful nominationsSupreme Court nominees who never served on the CourtNomineeYearOutcomeRobert Bork1987Rejected, 42–58Harriet Miers2005WithdrawnMerrick Garland2016No action27 more rows
four-yearUnder the state Constitution, the Attorney General is elected to a four-year term in the same statewide election as the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Controller, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Insurance Commissioner.
Like these individuals, U.S. Attorneys are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate; like most federal judicial nominations, U.S. Attorneys are subject to the blue slip process in which home state senators of the president's party are able to recommend (or block) nominations to positions within their ...
List of U.S. attorneys generalAttorney GeneralYears of serviceMerrick Garland2021-PresentEric Holder2009-2015Michael B. Mukasey2007-2009Alberto R. Gonzales2005-200782 more rows
Trump to nominate Christopher Wray as new FBI director. In a tweet announcing the move, President Trump described Wray as a "man of impeccable credentials.". — -- President Trump said today that he will nominate former Assistant Attorney General Christopher Wray to be the new director of the FBI. In his Twitter announcement, Trump described Wray as ...
However, Wray's nomination came as a surprise to many on Capitol Hill. Sen. Chuck Grassley , R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told ABC News that he first learned of Wray's nomination from the president's tweet this morning.
Wray is a lawyer who was nominated by President George W. Bush to be the assistant attorney general in charge of the Department of Justice 's criminal division in 2003. He served in that position until 2005 and then returned to private practice, specializing in white collar and internal investigations.
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, touted Wray's "impeccable credentials, vast experience and strong support across the board.". Trump fired James Comey from the position of FBI director last month. Andrew McCabe, the deputy director of the FBI, was named acting director.
"Chris Wray is an extraordinary person, possessing all the gifts necessary to be a great Director of the FBI.
Acosta, 49, currently serves as Trump’s secretary of labor. Before his appointment to that position in 2017, he served as the assistant attorney general for civil rights and federal prosecutor for the Southern District of Florida.
He has served in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations and once clerked for now-deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia when Scalia was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Jones, 69, has been a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit since her appointment by former President Ronald Reagan in 1985. She served as that court’s chief justice from 2006 to 2012.
Graham, like Gowdy, hails from South Carolina, having served as its senator since 2003. Graham, 63, is a retired U.S. Air Force Reserve colonel and has also served in his state’s House of Representatives and the U.S. House of Representatives. “Lindsey Graham would also do an excellent job.