Five things to know about Merrick Garland

Obama nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court
Five things to know about Merrick Garland

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President Barack Obama names Merrick B. Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court. He will replace the seat vacated by Justice Antonin Scalia. USA TODAY

In this April 27, 1995, file photo, Merrick Garland, then the associate deputy attorney general, speaks to the media following the hearing of Oklahoma bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh in El Reno, Okla.(Photo: Rick Bowmer, AP)

WASHINGTON Here are five things you need to know about Merrick Garland, President Obama"s nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat of the late Justice Antonin Scalia:

Long appellate tenure

He"s served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, a traditional steppingstone to the high court, for 19 years and is now its chief judge.

Past Republican favorite

Several times in the past, he has been touted by Republican senators as the most palatable possible choice (but now they say no chance). In 1997 he was confirmed by the Senate to the appellate bench on a 76-23 vote, which included the backing of 32 Republicans.

Roberts" rsum

Like Chief Justice John Roberts, he went to Harvard Law School, clerked for federal appeals court Judge Henry Friendly, served at the Justice Department, was a law firm partner and wound up on the D.C. Circuit.

Oklahoma City

He managed the 1995 investigation into the Oklahoma City bombing, which at the time was the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil. A year later, he was named to oversee theUnabomber inquiry following the 1996 arrest of Ted Kaczynski.

He"s no Scalia

Friends and colleagues describe him as a low-key, unassuming person who does not seek the limelight, quite unlike the man he would replace, Antonin Scalia. (Good luck with that.)

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President Barack Obama announced that federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland as his nominee for the Supreme Court vacancy. USA TODAY

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President Barack Obama is nominating federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, challenging Republicans to reject a long-time jurist and former prosecutor known as a consensus builder on what is often dubbed the nation"s secon AP

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President Obama announced he is nominating Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. USA TODAY"s Richard Wolf analyzes what Obama"s nomination of Garland could mean come November. USA TODAY

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President Barack Obama names Merrick B. Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court. He will replace the seat vacated by Justice Antonin Scalia. USA TODAY

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