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Merrick Garland
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86th United States Attorney General
OverviewAI-generated
Merrick Brian Garland is a United States citizen who has served as a judge, lawyer, and jurist. Born in Chicago in 1952, he is a member of the American Law Institute, Phi Beta Kappa Society, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His legal career includes positions at the United States Department of Justice and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, where he also held the position of United States Attorney General. He works in Washington, D.C., and resides in Bethesda and Lincolnwood.
Garland received his education from Harvard College, Harvard University, and Harvard Law School. He clerked for Henry Friendly and William J. Brennan. An independent politician, he speaks English and has a medical condition of color blindness.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 0
Top works
- Industrial reorganization in Britain
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1922-06-10
- Active to
- 1969-06-22
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- [49] Determination of carbonyl content in oxidatively modified proteins
· 1990 · cited 4,716x
- The Culture of Control
· 2001 · cited 4,584x
- Whole-Genome Random Sequencing and Assembly of
<i>Haemophilus influenzae</i>
Rd
· 1995 · cited 4,433x
- THE GLUCOSE FATTY-ACID CYCLE ITS ROLE IN INSULIN SENSITIVITY AND THE METABOLIC DISTURBANCES OF DIABETES MELLITUS
· 1963 · cited 3,906x
- Final Version of 2009 AJCC Melanoma Staging and Classification
· 2009 · cited 3,788x
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Quotes
- “This kind of scheme to nullify the Constitution of the United States is one that all Americans, whatever their politics or party, should fear. If it prevails, it may become a model for action, in other areas, by other states and with respect to other constitutional rights and judicial precedents”
- “The extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter. This appointment underscores for the public the department’s commitment to independence and accountability.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- President
- Joe Biden
- Deputy
- John P. Carlin (acting), Lisa Monaco
- Preceded by
- William Barr
- Succeeded by
- Pam Bondi
- Appointed by
- Bill Clinton
- Born
- Merrick Brian Garland , ( 1952-11-13 ) November 13, 1952 (age 73) , Chicago , Illinois , U.S.
- Party
- Democratic
- Spouse
- Lynn Rosenman ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. September 19, 1987</span>"}]]}'>1987 )
- Education
- Harvard University ( BA , JD )
- Awards
- Henry J. Friendly Medal (2022)
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Encyclopedic overview
Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 86th United States attorney general from 2021 to 2025. He previously served as a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021. In 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court; however, the U.S. Senate refused to hold a confirmation hearing.
A native of the Chicago area, Garland attended Harvard University and Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He served as a law clerk to Judge Henry Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., and then practiced corporate litigation at Arnold & Porter, after which he worked as a federal prosecutor in the United States Department of Justice, where he supervised the investigation and prosecution of the Oklahoma City bombers. President Bill Clinton appointed Garland to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1997, and he served as its chief judge from 2013 to 2020.
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