Merrick Garland - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Merrick Garland Index / People Transcripts Katie Fallon ...though they tapped me to help with the [Merrick B.] Garland nomination from the outside, I stil... ...perfect. I've got to ask you about the Merrick Garland nomination. But before I do, I kind o... ...got called back in to consult for the Merrick Garland nomination. Tell me what you remembe... ...was the hypocrisy of what they did to Merrick Garland . Yeah. Looking back on this chunk o... Kathryn Ruemmler ...occupiers of that role. As an aside, Attorney General Merrick Garland served as the PADAG during the Clinto... Loretta Lynch ...decided they were never going to give Merrick Garland a hearing, I couldn't see why the... Neil Eggleston ...success; obviously ultimately nominated Merrick Garland . The one thing we did—and this i... Josh Earnest ...think it was after he had nominated [Merrick] Garland . I don't remember if he had nominate... Stephanie Valencia ...in the last five, six years, from Merrick Garland and Republicans holding him up at th... Danielle Gray ...I was clerking on the DC Circuit for Judge [Merrick] Garland . And it was an election year, so ther... ...to finish in July 2004 working for Judge Garland , and I have this year to essentiall... ...The judge that I clerked for, Merrick Garland . I think Elena Kagan would have bee... ...really encouraged me to go clerk for Judge Garland , who she was friends with. Sh... ...president had a lot of great options. Merrick Garland was in the process the first time an... ...time and the second time, and I think Merrick Garland was pretty much everyone'... ...record. How could you not look at Merrick Garland ? I think, in a way, he was a finalis... ...and could get through right away. So Merrick Garland was certainly a serious contender... ...you any part of the discussions, around Merrick Garland in 2016? Yes, definitely. What doe... ...who is a good friend of mine, and Merrick Garland . And when Garland was selected, the... ...one, talking to different groups about Judge Garland 's record. If you recall that period... ...try to help educate those groups about Merrick Garland 's record and who he was. I spoke to ... ...did a lot of work with other clerks of Merrick Garland in getting out and speaking to th... ...Cody Keenan, coming back in for the Merrick Garland —what would have been his hearings... ...Yes, 2016. The president nominated Judge Garland to the Supreme Court. And I was, I'l... Show more... Jeff Flake ...us into 2016, is the nomination of Merrick Garland , which you supported bringing th... ...in that, and was it specific to Merrick Garland 's case, or did it reflect a view yo... ...in ways that we didn't need. Two, I met Merrick Garland , met with him, and researched, talke... ...with the Senate moving forward with Merrick Garland in the lame duck. She knew that sh... ...we're going to be the worse for it. Merrick Garland is a good man. I talked to him. He gav... Shailagh Murray ...is further off into the future, was the Merrick Garland debacle. But certainly, there was ... ...just after the president had nominated Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. I've read tha... ...the benefit of having someone like Merrick Garland in the mix was that he was so familia... ...this could all go terribly wrong were “ Merrick Garland .” I was so sick about that because w... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Russia Russia go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy go to the Financial Reform and Regulation Financial Reform and Regulation go to the The People's House The People's House