What is Merrick Garland?
{{Infobox judge |name = Merrick Garland |image = Attorney General Merrick Garland.jpg |office = 86th [[United States Attorney General]] |deputy = [[Lisa Monaco]] |president = [[Joe Biden]] |term_start = March 11, 2021 |term_end = January 20, 2025 |predecessor = [[William Barr]] |successor = [[Pam Bondi]] |office1 = Chief Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]] |term_start1 = February 12, 2013 |term_end1 = February 11, 2020 |predecessor1 = [[David B. Sentelle]] |successor1 = [[Sri Srinivasan]] |office2 = Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]] |term_start2 = March 20, 1997 |term_end2 = March 11, 2021 |appointer2 = [[Bill Clinton]] |predecessor2 = [[Abner J. Mikva]] |successor2 = [[Ketanji Brown Jackson]] |birth_name = Merrick Brian Garland |birth_date = {{nowrap|{{Birth date and age|1952|11|13}}}} |birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = {{marriage|Lynn Rosenman|1987}} |children = 2 daughters |education = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''Merrick Brian Garland''' (born November 13, 1952) is an [[Americans|American]] [[United States federal judge|federal judge]] and politician. Garland was the 86th [[United States Attorney General]] from 2021 to 2025 during the [[Joe Biden]] administration. He was the [[chief judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]] from 2013 to 2020. He was on that court from 1997 until 2021 after being nominated by President [[Bill Clinton]]. In 2016, Garland was nominated by President [[Barack Obama]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] to replace [[Antonin Scalia]] following his death. However, in a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]-controlled [[United States Senate|senate]], a confirmation hearing was never held and his nomination expired on Jan