WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland praised lawyers for their work with low-income Washingtonians Thursday in his first public remarks since his nomination last month. The appearance marks the first time that Garland has spoken publicly at any length since Obama nominated him more than a month ago in the White House Rose Garden. His appearance Thursday was ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland was the lone dissenting judge in a federal appeals court case involving a proposed nuclear waste site at Yucca Mountain. Merrick Garland was the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals chief judge for the District of Columbia in 2013 when he dissented in a 2-1 ruling, saying money available to the Nuclear ...