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The Supreme Court would have been served well with his appointment!
Merritt Garland:
Appointment[edit]
On September 6, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Garland to the D.C. Circuit seat vacated by his longtime mentor Abner J. Mikva.[15]
The American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary gave Garland a "unanimously well-qualified" committee rating, its highest.
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On December 1, 1995, Garland received a hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.[28] In Senate confirmation hearings Garland said that the Supreme Court justices whom he most admired were Justice Brennan, for whom he clerked, and Chief Justice John Marshall. Garland also expressed admiration for the writing style of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.[29] Senate Republicans did not then schedule a vote on Garland's confirmation,[3] not because of concerns over Garland's qualifications but because of a dispute over whether to fill the seat.[21][30]
After winning the November 1996 presidential election, Clinton renominated Garland on January 7, 1997.[31] Garland's confirmation vote came to floor of the Republican-controlled Senate on March 19, 1997.
He was confirmed in a 76–23 vote and received his judicial commission the next day.[32] The majority of Republican senators voted to confirm Garland, including Senators John McCain, Orrin Hatch, Susan Collins, and Jim Inhofe.[33] Senators Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley, and Jeff Sessions were among those who voted against Garland.[33] All of the 23 "no" votes came from Republicans, and all were based "on whether there was even a need for an eleventh seat" on the D.C. Circuit.[34]
Garland became chief judge of the D.C. Circuit on February 12, 2013.[35] As chief judge, Garland announced in May 2013 that the D.C. Circuit had unanimously decided to provide the public with same-day audio recordings of oral arguments in the court.[36][37]
Notable cases[edit]
Garland is considered a judicial moderate and a centrist.[38] Garland has been described by Nina Totenberg and Carrie Johnson of NPR as "a moderate liberal, with a definite pro-prosecution bent in criminal cases".[3]
Tom Goldstein, the publisher of SCOTUSblog, wrote in 2010 that "Judge Garland's record demonstrates that he is essentially the model, neutral judge. He is acknowledged by all to be brilliant. His opinions avoid unnecessary, sweeping pronouncements."[21] Garland has a reputation for collegiality, and his opinions rarely draw a dissent.[39]
Likewise, Garland has only written fifteen dissents in his two decades on the court.[39] For comparison, Judge Brett Kavanaugh has written seventeen dissents in the past decade.[39]
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