Will Merrick Garland, Joe Biden’s pick for attorney general, be independent in that role? History says it’s unlikely
Attorney general nominee Merrick Garland speaks during an event with President-elect Joe Biden. AP Photo/Susan Walsh Joshua Holzer, Westminster College Five years after he was nominated to the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, is President-elect Biden’s choice to lead the Justice