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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 15–7 to advance Garland's nomination to the Senate floor, [116] [117] and on March 10, the Senate confirmed Garland's nomination by a vote of 70–30. [118] [112] [119] He was sworn in on March 11, 2021, by Assistant Attorney General for Administration Lee Lofthus. [120]
Garland's nomination expired on January 3, 2017, at the end of the 114th Congress, after languishing 293 days. [10] [82] Garland's nomination was the 15th nomination to the Supreme Court to lapse at the end of a session of Congress. [83] Barack Obama was succeeded by Donald Trump on January 20, 2017.
The last time a roll call vote on a nomination was unanimous was that of Anthony Kennedy on February 3, 1988. [ 3 ] The first of the eleven roll call votes to result in a rejection of a nomination was the December 15, 1795 vote on the nomination of John Rutledge for chief justice, and the most recent time was the October 23, 1987 vote on the ...
President-elect Joe Biden has selected Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court, as his attorney general, two people ...
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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office — Attorney General. Merrick Garland [2]: March 11, 2021 (Confirmed March 10, 2021, 70–30) [RC 1] Deputy Attorney General
Nomination fights can often lead to breakout moments. But the younger Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans must strike a more delicate balance with Garland. Garland confirmation is a stage for 4 ...