Merrick Garland (attended, transferred)

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Attorney General of the United States human judge lawyer

Merrick Garland is the Attorney General of the United States and a former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit who was nominated to the Supreme Court in 2016 but never received a confirmation vote.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Attorney General of the United States → human → judge → lawyer →
appointedBy	Bill Clinton →
appointedTo	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit →
birthName	Merrick Brian Garland →
birthPlace	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
clerkship	Judge Henry J. Friendly → Justice William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
degreeEarned	Bachelor of Arts → Juris Doctor →
educatedAt	Harvard College → Harvard Law School →
employer	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit → United States Department of Justice →
familyName	Garland →
givenName	Merrick →
hasChild	Jessica Garland → Rebecca Garland →
knownFor	federal prosecution of domestic terrorism cases → moderate judicial philosophy →
memberOf	Democratic Party →
nominatedBy	Barack Obama →
nominatedFor	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States →
notableEvent	2016 Supreme Court nomination without Senate confirmation vote →
notableWork	Oklahoma City bombing prosecution oversight →
occupation	government official → jurist → prosecutor →
politicalAlignment	liberal-leaning moderate →
positionHeld	Assistant United States Attorney → Attorney General of the United States → Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit → Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit → United States Associate Attorney General (acting) → United States Attorney General → United States Deputy Assistant Attorney General →
precededBy	William Barr (as Attorney General of the United States) →
religion	Judaism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Lynn Garland →
succeededBy	Sri Srinivasan (as Chief Judge of the D.C. Circuit) →
workLocation	Washington, D.C. →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
University of Virginia School of Law →	hasNotableAlumni