Jan 06, 2021 · Biden to name judge Merrick Garland as attorney general. In picking the jurist who grew up in Lincolnwood, Biden is turning to an experienced …
Jan 08, 2021 · Merrick Garland delivers remarks after being nominated U.S. attorney general by President-elect Joe Biden in Wilmington, Del., on Jan. 7, 2021. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
Feb 21, 2022 · Biden attorney general accused of doing ‘bidding of the radical left’. A former counselor to multiple U.S. attorneys general says the man currently in that office, Merrick Garland, is doing "the bidding of the radical left." The accusation comes from Gene Hamilton, who served under both Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Attorney General ...
Feb 21, 2022 · Biden attorney general accused of doing 'bidding of the radical left' February 21, 2022 Bob Unruh. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland (Official portrait) A former counselor to multiple U.S. attorneys general says the man currently in that office, Merrick Garland, is doing “the bidding of the radical left.” ...
United 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
Beau BidenBiden in 201344th Attorney General of DelawareIn office January 2, 2007 – January 6, 2015GovernorRuth Ann Minner Jack Markell24 more rows
Lisa MonacoThe deputy attorney general is a political appointee of the President of the United States and takes office after confirmation by the United States Senate....United States Deputy Attorney GeneralIncumbent Lisa Monaco since April 21, 2021United States Department of JusticeStyleMadam. Deputy Attorney General8 more rows
Chicago, ILMerrick Garland / Place of birth
The President of the United States has the authority to appoint U.S. Attorneys, with the consent of the United States Senate, and the President may remove U.S. Attorneys from office. In the event of a vacancy, the United States Attorney General is authorized to appoint an interim U.S. Attorney.
Robert Biden IIBeau Biden / Son
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Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice are headed by an assistant attorney general....Antitrust Division.NameYears of serviceAppointed byJonathan Kanter2021–PresentJoe Biden43 more rows
The Associate Attorney General of the United States is the third-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Justice....United States Associate Attorney GeneralIncumbent Vanita Gupta since April 22, 2021United States Department of JusticeReports toUnited States Attorney General8 more rows
The state attorney general in each of the 50 U.S. states, of the federal district, or of any of the territories is the chief legal advisor to the state government and the state's chief law enforcement officer.
Lynn GarlandMerrick Garland / Wife (m. 1987)
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.
69 years (November 13, 1952)Merrick Garland / Age
He can be removed by the President at any time. He can quit by submitting his resignation only to the President. Since he is appointed by the President on the advice of the Council of Ministers, conventionally he is removed when the council is dissolved or replaced.
Attorneys General. While impeachment proceedings against cabinet secretaries is an exceedingly rare event, no office has provoked the ire of the House of Representatives than that of Attorney General. During the first fifth of the 21st century, no less than three Attorneys General have been subjected to the process.
These judges, often referred to as “Article III judges,” are nominated by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. ... Article III judges can be removed from office only through impeachment by the House of Representatives and conviction by the Senate.
Obama nominated Garland to the Supreme Court after a vacancy was created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016. But Republicans, led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, refused for months to hold confirmation hearings or the required vote in the chamber.
US Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, speaks at her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2021. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters with Vice President Mike Pence in ...
US Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of Califor nia, speaks at her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2021.
The announcement of the attorney general, along with other senior leaders of the Justice Department, is expected to be made as soon as Thursday as Biden moves closer to filling the remaining seats in his Cabinet before assuming power on January 20.
Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris met last month with civil rights leaders and members of the NAACP, who have been pressuring Biden to diversify his Cabinet and create a position within the White House for a civil rights czar.
Merrick Garland delivers remarks after being nominated U.S. attorney general by President-elect Joe Biden in Wilmington, Del., on Jan. 7, 2021. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images.
It also seems highly likely that Biden was influenced by Garland's Supreme Court nomination: Giving Garland the nod for attorney general is understandable, both as a reward to Garland for enduring public disappointment and humiliation in service to the Obama administration's agenda and as a way to troll McConnell, who has lost his power to stop Garland's confirmation.