Merrick Garland Quotes

born 1952 United States

Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American attorney and jurist serving as the 86th United States attorney general since March 2021. He served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021.

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Also known as: Garland, Merrick B. Garland, Merrick Brian Garland

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The hard things are when you have to make your friends disappointed because you think you’re required, for example, by the law to do something that maybe is different than what you would do as a matter of public policy.

DC Circuit Court Judge Panel, JRCLS International Law Conference (2013)

For a judge to be worthy of such trust, he or she must be faithful to the Constitution and to the statutes passed by the Congress. He or she must put aside his personal views or preferences, and follow the law -- not make it.

Remarks by Judge Garland upon nomination to Supreme Court of the United States (2016)

I would say the one for which — the most admiration, is the one I just mentioned, Justice John Marshall, Chief Justice John Marshall who decided Marbury v. Madison and so deciding established that the constitution is the supreme law of the land.

Confirmation hearing on nomination to United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1995)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Merrick Garland (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.