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 familiar with the selection process said on Wednesday.

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Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he is not looking for a U.S. Supreme Court nominee whose approach to the law has changed over time.

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Serving on the U.S. Supreme Court has been both a blessing and a curse and reaching decisions is harder than she ever expected, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday during a visit to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland praised lawyers for their work with low-income Washingtonians on Thursday in his first public remarks since his nomination last month.

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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is defending his decision to block President Barack Obama's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, saying doing so protects Second Amendment gun rights.

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President Barack Obama said Wednesday he will reveal his Supreme Court nominee to fill the vacancy of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and his pick is expected to come from a small circle of federal appeals court judges.

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