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Two days prior to the seizure of Giuliani's electronic devices, it was reported that the [[FISA Court]] determined Obama era [[FISA abuse]] was ongoing.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2021/04/26/declassified-fisa-court-opinion-for-2020-shows-even-more-warrantless-fbi-abuses-of-nsa-database-including-search-queries-for-government-officials-and-victims/</ref>  [[Edward Snowden]] described in detail how Obama FISA abuse worked to illegally surveil political opponents, elected officials, and judges for [[blackmail]] purposes, promote [[fake news]] and [[propaganda]], and interfere in elections.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/edward-snowden-obama-surveillance-worse</ref>

Two days prior to the seizure of Giuliani's electronic devices, it was reported that the [[FISA Court]] determined Obama era [[FISA abuse]] was ongoing.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2021/04/26/declassified-fisa-court-opinion-for-2020-shows-even-more-warrantless-fbi-abuses-of-nsa-database-including-search-queries-for-government-officials-and-victims/</ref>  [[Edward Snowden]] described in detail how Obama FISA abuse worked to illegally surveil political opponents, elected officials, and judges for [[blackmail]] purposes, promote [[fake news]] and [[propaganda]], and interfere in elections.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/edward-snowden-obama-surveillance-worse</ref>

In July 2021 Garland officially banned any further investigations into illegal [[leak]]s coming from the intelligence community to shape domestic narratives and influence public opinion.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/07/19/attorney-general-merrick-garland-provides-cover-for-obama-biden-surveillance-doj-now-barred-from-investigating-intelligence-community-leaks-to-journalists/</ref> Prior to the ban, leaks by government employees were punishable by up to 10 years in prison.  Garland then paid disgraced FBI deputy director [[Andrew McCabe]] who was fired in the [[Obamagate timeline|Obamagate scandal]] when found to be a liar and leaker by the Inspector General's office, $1.8 million dollars and scrubbed his employment record.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/disgraced-lying-former-fbi-deputy-director-andrew-mccabe-has-record-expunged-pension-restored/ar-AAPzS8X</ref>  McCabe currently serves as a [[disinformation]] specialist for [[CNN]].

In July 2021 Garland officially banned any further investigations into illegal [[leak]]s coming from the intelligence community to shape domestic narratives and influence public opinion.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/07/19/attorney-general-merrick-garland-provides-cover-for-obama-biden-surveillance-doj-now-barred-from-investigating-intelligence-community-leaks-to-journalists/</ref> Prior to the ban, leaks by government employees were punishable by up to 10 years in prison.  Garland then paid disgraced FBI deputy director [[Andrew McCabe]] who was fired in the [[Obamagate timeline|Obamagate scandal]] when found to be a liar and leaker by the Inspector General's office, $1.8 million and scrubbed his employment record.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/disgraced-lying-former-fbi-deputy-director-andrew-mccabe-has-record-expunged-pension-restored/ar-AAPzS8X</ref>  McCabe currently serves as a [[disinformation]] specialist for [[CNN]].

Garland has refused to investigate [[Anthony Fauci]] for lying to Congress.<ref>https://rumble.com/vobi7l-tom-cotton-slams-garland-over-faucis-lies.html?mref=6zof&mrefc=3</ref>

Garland has refused to investigate [[Anthony Fauci]] for lying to Congress.<ref>https://rumble.com/vobi7l-tom-cotton-slams-garland-over-faucis-lies.html?mref=6zof&mrefc=3</ref>

===Nursing home deaths coverup===

===Nursing home deaths coverup===

The Garland DOJ Civil Rights Division informed Democrat govs. [[Andrew Cuomo]], [[Tom Wolf]], and [[Gretchen Whitmer]] investigations into nursing home deaths caused by their [[executive order]]s would be closed.  Cuomo, Wolf, and Whitmer especially have been lambasted for sending COVID-positive seniors back to nursing homes. In June 2021, Michigan’s auditor general launched an investigation into Whitmer’s role in the significant number of long-term care facility deaths.

The Garland DOJ Civil Rights Division informed Democrat govs. [[Andrew Cuomo]], [[Tom Wolf]], and [[Gretchen Whitmer]] investigations into nursing home deaths caused by their [[executive order]]s would be closed.  Cuomo, Wolf, and Whitmer especially have been lambasted for sending COVID-positive seniors back to nursing homes. In June 2021, Michigan's auditor general launched an investigation into Whitmer's role in the significant number of long-term care facility deaths.

[[File:Loudon-County-1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Parrent arrested at Loudoun County, Virginia school board meeting after his daughter was raped in a [[public school]] transgender bathroom.]]

[[File:Loudon-County-1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Parrent arrested at Loudoun County, Virginia school board meeting after his daughter was raped in a [[public school]] transgender bathroom.]]

GOP Conference chair [[Elise Stefanik]] released a statement criticizing the junta DOJ for failing to hold Cuomo accountable.  Cuomo is still the subject of two probes by the [[FBI]] and Brooklyn U.S. Attorney’s Office.  “This decision from President Biden’s Department of Justice makes President Biden complicit in the criminal corruption scandal and coverup of deaths of thousands of vulnerable seniors."<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2021/07/24/biden-doj-wont-investigate-deadly-nursing-home-policies-in-these-democrat-run-states/</ref>

GOP Conference chair [[Elise Stefanik]] released a statement criticizing the junta DOJ for failing to hold Cuomo accountable.  Cuomo is still the subject of two probes by the [[FBI]] and Brooklyn U.S. Attorney's Office.  “This decision from President Biden’s Department of Justice makes President Biden complicit in the criminal corruption scandal and coverup of deaths of thousands of vulnerable seniors."<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2021/07/24/biden-doj-wont-investigate-deadly-nursing-home-policies-in-these-democrat-run-states/</ref>

===War on Parents===

===War on Parents===

====DOJ/White House/NSBA collusion====

====DOJ/White House/NSBA collusion====

[[File:Lisa Monaco.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Lisa Monaco was put in charge of the White House-directed effort to use the FBI to harass political opponents.]]

[[File:Lisa Monaco.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Lisa Monaco was put in charge of the White House-directed effort to use the FBI to harass political opponents.]]

Parents Defending Education, an advocacy organization, obtained emails through the [[Freedom of Information Act]] showing that National School Board Association (NSBA) and officials were in contact with [[White House]] staffers before the NSBA sent a letter to [[Biden]] requesting that federal [[law enforcement]] officials address unruly behavior, including threats, directed toward public education officials.  One email explains that White House staffers “requested additional information on some of the specific threats.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/21/nsba-biden-white-house-letter-domestic-terrorists/</ref>  Garland told the House Judiciary Committee under oath that the NSBA’s letter was the pretext for his instructions to [[Department of Justice-National Security Division]], US Attorney's, and [[FBI]] five days later to investigate and prosecute parents.   

Parents Defending Education, an advocacy organization, obtained emails through the [[Freedom of Information Act]] showing that National School Board Association (NSBA) and officials were in contact with [[White House]] staffers before the NSBA sent a letter to [[Biden]] requesting that federal [[law enforcement]] officials address unruly behavior, including threats, directed toward public education officials.  One email explains that White House staffers “requested additional information on some of the specific threats.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/21/nsba-biden-white-house-letter-domestic-terrorists/</ref>  Garland told the House Judiciary Committee under oath that the NSBA's letter was the pretext for his instructions to [[Department of Justice-National Security Division]], US Attorney's, and [[FBI]] five days later to investigate and prosecute parents.   

An October 12, 2021 NSBA memo detailed at least one specific meeting with White House staff on September 14, 2021 just over two weeks before the NSBA sent their letter to President Biden.  “In the September 14, 2021 meeting of the OSAED [Organization of State Association Executive Directors] liaison group, they were informed there had been a meeting with [[White House]] staff that morning and that NSBA was preparing to send a letter to the President,” the memo reads.  “Subsequently, on September 17, 2021, the interim Executive Director emailed notice to the state association executive directors that indicated a letter requesting federal assistance would be sent.”<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/11/11/white-house-engaged-with-nsba-before-domestic-terror-letter-memo/</ref>  [[Lisa Monaco]] is the head of the DOJ National Security Division, the agency given the prosecutorial power within the Garland memo.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/10/27/recap-of-attorney-general-questions-during-senate-hearing-from-senators-cruz-grassley-hawley-lee-cornyn/</ref>  The DOJ-NSD is the unit within the DOJ that hoaxed the [[FISA court]] to obtain [[FISA]] [[surveillance]] on the Trump campaign and Trump administration.  

An October 12, 2021 NSBA memo detailed at least one specific meeting with White House staff on September 14, 2021, just over two weeks before the NSBA sent their letter to President Biden.  “In the September 14, 2021 meeting of the OSAED [Organization of State Association Executive Directors] liaison group, they were informed there had been a meeting with [[White House]] staff that morning and that NSBA was preparing to send a letter to the President,” the memo reads.  “Subsequently, on September 17, 2021, the interim Executive Director emailed notice to the state association executive directors that indicated a letter requesting federal assistance would be sent.”<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/11/11/white-house-engaged-with-nsba-before-domestic-terror-letter-memo/</ref>  [[Lisa Monaco]] is the head of the DOJ National Security Division, the agency given the prosecutorial power within the Garland memo.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/10/27/recap-of-attorney-general-questions-during-senate-hearing-from-senators-cruz-grassley-hawley-lee-cornyn/</ref>  The DOJ-NSD is the unit within the DOJ that hoaxed the [[FISA court]] to obtain [[FISA]] [[surveillance]] on the Trump campaign and Trump administration.  

The National School Board Association then sent the letter they worked with the Biden White House to craft to Biden complaining about parents speaking out at school board meetings.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/21/nsba-biden-white-house-letter-domestic-terrorists/</ref>  The NSBA letter states that parents’ protests and speeches at school board meetings “could be equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism.”  Biden handed the letter to Garland.  Garland issued a memo directing the FBI and numerous other federal and state agencies to take “measures designed to address the rise in criminal conduct directed toward school personnel,” a clear example of the politicization of the [[Department of Justice]].  A liberal advocacy group sent the Office of the President a letter; Merrick Garland

The National School Board Association then sent the letter they worked with the Biden White House to craft to Biden complaining about parents speaking out at school board meetings.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/21/nsba-biden-white-house-letter-domestic-terrorists/</ref>  The NSBA letter states that parents’ protests and speeches at school board meetings “could be equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism.”  Biden handed the letter to Garland.  Garland issued a memo directing the FBI and numerous other federal and state agencies to take “measures designed to address the rise in criminal conduct directed toward school personnel,” a clear example of the politicization of the [[Department of Justice]].  A liberal advocacy group sent the Office of the President a letter; Merrick Garland

dutifully turned that letter into DOJ policy.

dutifully turned that letter into DOJ policy.

Garland’s evidence that there’s a “disturbing spike” in these kinds of threats is a letter from the National School Board Association {NSBA), which was produced after weeks of collaboration with Biden’s White House. This is the same letter in which the NSBA urged the [[Biden regime]] to use the [[Patriot Act]] to target parents who show up at school board meetings to complain about mask mandates and [[critical race theory]] curricula, as if they were “domestic terrorists.”<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/22/attorney-general-merrick-garlands-message-to-concerned-parents-is-clear-shut-up-or-else/</ref>

Garland's evidence that there's a “disturbing spike” in these kinds of threats is a letter from the National School Board Association (NSBA), which was produced after weeks of collaboration with Biden's White House. This is the same letter in which the NSBA urged the [[Biden regime]] to use the [[Patriot Act]] to target parents who show up at school board meetings to complain about mask mandates and [[critical race theory]] curricula, as if they were “domestic terrorists.”<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/22/attorney-general-merrick-garlands-message-to-concerned-parents-is-clear-shut-up-or-else/</ref>

[[File:Garland smoking gun.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Smoking gun: FBI Counterterrorism instructions to track and tag parents at school board meetings undermining Garland's sworn denials he issued such orders.]]

[[File:Garland smoking gun.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Smoking gun: FBI Counterterrorism instructions to track and tag parents at school board meetings undermining Garland's sworn denials he issued such orders.]]

The NSBA retracted its letter two weeks later, however Garland refused to retract his instructions to federal prosecutors and investigators.

The NSBA retracted its letter two weeks later, however Garland refused to retract his instructions to federal prosecutors and investigators.

{{See also|Trump-Russia hoax}}

{{See also|Trump-Russia hoax}}

Garland employed Maggie Goodlander as a law clerk while he was a federal judge.<ref>https://law.unh.edu/blog/2020/10/conversation-judge-merrick-b-garland</ref>  Goodlander serves as counsel to Garland, who oversees Special Counsel [[John Durham]]'s investigation. Garland has oversight of the Durham investigation.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/jake-sullivans-wife-faces-growing-calls-for-recusal-from-durham-probe/</ref>  Goodlander is the wife of Biden national security advisor [[Jake Sullivan]].  Sullivan has been deeply implicated in the probe by Special Counsel John Durham into the origins of the [[Trump-Russia hoax]].  In September 2021, Clinton campaign general counsel [[Michael Sussmann]] of the [[Perkins Coie]] law firm was indicted for fabricating claims about the Trump-Russia hoax to the [[FBI]].<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/09/16/clinton-lawyer-michael-sussmann-indicted-for-lying-to-fbi-while-spreading-the-false-alfa-bank-trump-russia-collusion-conspiracy-on-behalf-of-clinton-campaign/</ref>  According to the ''[[New York Times]]'', Sussmann was charged for lying to the FBI to hide the identity of the Clinton campaign as Sussmann's client while he pushed widely discredited claims about communications between Russia's Alfa Bank and the Trump Organization in the lead-up to the [[2016 presidential election]].  The indictment reads,

Garland employed Maggie Goodlander as a law clerk while he was a federal judge.<ref>https://law.unh.edu/blog/2020/10/conversation-judge-merrick-b-garland</ref>  Goodlander serves as counsel to Garland, who oversees Special Counsel [[John Durham]]'s investigation. Garland has oversight of the Durham investigation.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/jake-sullivans-wife-faces-growing-calls-for-recusal-from-durham-probe/</ref>  Goodlander is the wife of Biden national security advisor [[Jake Sullivan]].  Sullivan has been deeply implicated in the probe by Special Counsel John Durham into the origins of the [[Trump-Russia hoax]].  In September 2021, Clinton campaign general counsel [[Michael Sussmann]] of the [[Perkins Coie]] law firm was indicted for fabricating claims about the Trump-Russia hoax to the [[FBI]].<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/09/16/clinton-lawyer-michael-sussmann-indicted-for-lying-to-fbi-while-spreading-the-false-alfa-bank-trump-russia-collusion-conspiracy-on-behalf-of-clinton-campaign/</ref>  According to the ''[[New York Times]]'', Sussmann was charged for lying to the FBI to hide the identity of the Clinton campaign as Sussmann's client while he pushed widely discredited claims about communications between Russia's Alfa Bank and the Trump Organization in the lead-up to the [[2016 presidential election]].  The indictment reads,

{{quotebox-float|On or about September 15 , 2016, Campaign Lawyer-1 [ [[Marc Elias]] ] exchanged emails with the Clinton Campaign's campaign manager, communications director, and foreign policy advisor [Jake Sullian]<ref>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/09/23/biden_security_adviser_sullivan_tied_to_16_clinton_plan_to_co-opt_cia_and_fbi_to_tar_trump_795498.html</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/u1xGYDMjG5E</ref><ref>https://www.justice.gov/sco/press-release/file/1433511/download</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|On or about September 15, 2016, Campaign Lawyer-1 [ [[Marc Elias]] ] exchanged emails with the Clinton Campaign's campaign manager, communications director, and foreign policy advisor [Jake Sullian]<ref>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/09/23/biden_security_adviser_sullivan_tied_to_16_clinton_plan_to_co-opt_cia_and_fbi_to_tar_trump_795498.html</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/u1xGYDMjG5E</ref><ref>https://www.justice.gov/sco/press-release/file/1433511/download</ref>}}

Garland controls the purse strings to Durham’s investigation and whether his final report will be released to the public.<ref>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/10/07/durham_probes_pentagon_computer_contractors_in_anti-trump_conspiracy_797790.html</ref>

Garland controls the purse strings to Durham's investigation and whether his final report will be released to the public.<ref>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/10/07/durham_probes_pentagon_computer_contractors_in_anti-trump_conspiracy_797790.html</ref>

===Murder of Roseanne Boyland===

===Murder of Roseanne Boyland===

[[Rosanne Boyland]] was a peaceful protester who was reportedly beaten to death<ref>https://rumble.com/vjzqy8-audio-of-philip-anderson-on-jan.-6-protest-and-police-killing.html</ref> by DC Metro Police officer Lila Morris at the [[J6 protests]].  Morris was seen on video beating Boyland with devastating force as Boyland lay unconscious on the [[U.S. Capitol]] steps.  [[Fake news]] media reports attributed her death to a drug overdose.  Philip Anderson, a victim of [[Antifa]] violence in

[[Rosanne Boyland]] was a peaceful protester who was reportedly beaten to death<ref>https://rumble.com/vjzqy8-audio-of-philip-anderson-on-jan.-6-protest-and-police-killing.html</ref> by DC Metro Police officer Lila Morris at the [[J6 protests]].  Morris was seen on video beating Boyland with devastating force as Boyland lay unconscious on the [[U.S. Capitol]] steps.  [[Fake news]] media reports attributed her death to a drug overdose.  Philip Anderson, a victim of [[Antifa]] violence in

[[San_Francisco#Progressivism_in_the_21st_century|San Francisco in the fall of 2020]]<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/_HZTqNqlW-I/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/ZB1Y3M</ref>, held Boyland's hand at the time of her death.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/philip-anderson-capitol-police-killed-rosanne-boyland-know-holding-hand-died-audio/</ref>  A second eyewitness came forward and made an audio recorded statement to [[Jim Hoft]] of the Gatewaypundit.<ref>https://rumble.com/vkjbho-second-witness-capitol-police-killed-rosanne-boyland-on-jan.-6-as-i-tried-t.html</ref>

[[San Francisco#Progressivism in the 21st century|San Francisco in the fall of 2020]],<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/_HZTqNqlW-I/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/ZB1Y3M</ref> held Boyland's hand at the time of her death.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/philip-anderson-capitol-police-killed-rosanne-boyland-know-holding-hand-died-audio/</ref>  A second eyewitness came forward and made an audio recorded statement to [[Jim Hoft]] of the Gatewaypundit.<ref>https://rumble.com/vkjbho-second-witness-capitol-police-killed-rosanne-boyland-on-jan.-6-as-i-tried-t.html</ref>

Ten months after the killing, the family was denied Roseanne Boyland's full autopsy report by the DC Medical Examiner’s office and the Biden [[Department of Justice]].  The Government of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department also denied the family of Rosanne Boyland the video footage they posess showing her death after her father filed a [[Freedom of Information Act]] (FOIA) request to obtain it.

Ten months after the killing, the family was denied Roseanne Boyland's full autopsy report by the DC Medical Examiner's office and the Biden [[Department of Justice]].  The Government of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department also denied the family of Rosanne Boyland the video footage they posess showing her death after her father filed a [[Freedom of Information Act]] (FOIA) request to obtain it.

[[File:Dept. of Interrior insurrection Oct. 14, 2021.JPG|right|300px|thumb|(left) January 6, 2021 Capitol protests; (right) October 14, 2021 climate change insurresction at the Dept. of Interior.]]

[[File:Dept. of Interrior insurrection Oct. 14, 2021.JPG|right|300px|thumb|(left) January 6, 2021 Capitol protests; (right) October 14, 2021 climate change insurresction at the Dept. of Interior.]]

Rep. [[Louie Gohmert]] (R-TX) grilled Garland under oath about Boyland’s death and the video showing Boyland being beaten and possibly killed by a DC Police Officer on the Capitol steps. Gohmert asked Garland if a determination was ever made to the DC Metro Police Officer who struck Rosanne Boyland repeatedly in the head with a rod before she died. According to ''[[The Gatewaypundit]]'' Garland proceeded to lie to the nation in front of the [[House Judiciary Committee]].  The Boyland family has since contacted the Department Justice and were told there was no such investigation.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/must-read-exclusive-family-rosanne-boyland-killed-january-6th-denied-full-autopsy-report-speak-first-time-plead-government-investigation-please-help-gri/</ref>

Rep. [[Louie Gohmert]] (R-TX) grilled Garland under oath about Boyland's death and the video showing Boyland being beaten and possibly killed by a DC Police Officer on the Capitol steps. Gohmert asked Garland if a determination was ever made to the DC Metro Police Officer who struck Rosanne Boyland repeatedly in the head with a rod before she died. According to ''[[The Gatewaypundit]]'' Garland proceeded to lie to the nation in front of the [[House Judiciary Committee]].  The Boyland family has since contacted the Department Justice and were told there was no such investigation.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/must-read-exclusive-family-rosanne-boyland-killed-january-6th-denied-full-autopsy-report-speak-first-time-plead-government-investigation-please-help-gri/</ref>

===Partisan prosecutions===

===Partisan prosecutions===

As of 2021 Garland was serving as the chief judge of the [[D.C. Court of Appeals]] where he was first appointed in 1997.

As of 2021 Garland was serving as the chief judge of the [[D.C. Court of Appeals]] where he was first appointed in 1997.

A native of the Chicago area, Garland graduated ''summa cum laude'' as valedictorian from [[Harvard College]] and graduated ''magna cum laude'' from [[Harvard Law School]]. Garland was a [[law clerk]] to Judge Henry J. Friendly of the [[Second Circuit|U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] and Justice [[William Brennan|William J. Brennan, Jr.]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. Garland practiced corporate litigation at the Arnold & Porter law firm and worked as a federal prosecutor in the [[U.S. Department of Justice]], where he played a leading role in the investigation and prosecution of the [[Oklahoma City bombing|Oklahoma City bombers]] and the unibomber case.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.go/scotus#credentials|title=President Obama’s Supreme Court Nomination|work=whitehouse.gov|accessdate=March 20, 2016}}</ref>

A native of the Chicago area, Garland graduated ''summa cum laude'' as valedictorian from [[Harvard College]] and graduated ''magna cum laude'' from [[Harvard Law School]]. Garland was a [[law clerk]] to Judge Henry J. Friendly of the [[Second Circuit|U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] and Justice [[William Brennan|William J. Brennan Jr.]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. Garland practiced corporate litigation at the Arnold & Porter law firm and worked as a federal prosecutor in the [[U.S. Department of Justice]], where he played a leading role in the investigation and prosecution of the [[Oklahoma City bombing|Oklahoma City bombers]] and the unibomber case.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.go/scotus#credentials|title=President Obama's Supreme Court Nomination|work=whitehouse.gov|accessdate=March 20, 2016}}</ref>

In 1995, Garland was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and (following a delay in [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[Advice and consent|confirmation]]) took the bench in 1997. [[Barack Obama]] interviewed Garland in 2009 and 2010 for two [[Supreme Court Candidates, 2010|openings on the Supreme Court]].  [[Conservative]] Senator [[Trent Lott]] led a floor fight to oppose Garland's nomination to the D.C. Circuit in 1997, and 23 senators voted against his confirmation.<ref>https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=105&session=1&vote=00034</ref>

In 1995, Garland was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and (following a delay in [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[Advice and consent|confirmation]]) took the bench in 1997. [[Barack Obama]] interviewed Garland in 2009 and 2010 for two [[Supreme Court Candidates, 2010|openings on the Supreme Court]].  [[Conservative]] Senator [[Trent Lott]] led a floor fight to oppose Garland's nomination to the D.C. Circuit in 1997, and 23 senators voted against his confirmation.<ref>https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=105&session=1&vote=00034</ref>