Merrick B. Garland
Merrick Brian Garland ( born November 13, 1952 in Chicago) is an American lawyer. Since 1997 he is a judge at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Life and work
Garland studied at Harvard University, where he earned undergraduate degrees in 1974 and 1977 completed a law degree at Harvard Law School with the degree of Juris Doctor. Subsequently, he worked (law clerk ) of the judge Henry Friendly on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit until 1978 and the Justice William Joseph Brennan at the top 1978 Court until 1979. From 1979 to 1981, Garland served as Special Assistant to the United States Attorney General operates. 1981 to 1989 and again from 1992 to 1993 he was an attorney at the law firm Arnold & Porter; between and from 1993 he was again different functions in the Ministry of Justice of the United States.
1995 and after the confirmation process in the Senate was temporarily put on hold again in 1997 Garland was nominated by President Bill Clinton for the post of judge at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and in March 1997 by the Senate with 76 to 23 voices confirmed.
Since taking office, President Obama Garland was considered a possible candidate for a judgeship on the Supreme Court, but the appeal of a woman was at the first renewal in the wake of Judge David Souter, generally expected, which proved to be true also with the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor. However, as Justice John Paul Stevens announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, Garland, who is regarded as representative of moderate legal positions was counted among the favorites to replace him. However, Obama ultimately opted for Elena Kagan.
Merrick B. Garland is married Jewish, since 1987. His wife Lynn is a granddaughter of Samuel Irving Rosenman, a judge and adviser to the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.