The former Attorney General who — depending on who you ask — exemplified judicious restraint or the Democratic Party’s lingering commitment to bringing pointy sticks to gun fights is back in the private sector.
President Obama nominated Garland to the Supreme Court to replace Antonin Scalia as a concession to Senate Republicans who spent the preceding several years dragging Democratic nominees for not being Merrick Garland.
As Attorney General under President Biden, Garland was tasked with restoring the Department of Justice’s reputation for impartiality and independence.
Garland gets more flack than he should for failing to address criminality in the prior administration.
Prosecuting Donald Trump for January 6 might have satisfied a lot of people, but would’ve stretched the bounds of criminal incitement.
If Garland was right not to act earlier, he whiffed in not flooring it once he did.
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