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Just who is Obama’s nominee for Supreme Court?

Mar 16, 2016, 7:28 AM | Updated: 8:47 am

Federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland, stands with President Barack Obama as he is introduced...

Federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland, stands with President Barack Obama as he is introduced as Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court during an announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

NAME: Merrick B. Garland.

AGE: 63.

CURRENT POSITION: Chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

PROFESSIONAL: Before becoming a judge in 1997, Garland served in the Justice Department as principal associate deputy attorney general and deputy assistant attorney general in the criminal division. He was a federal prosecutor in the District of Columbia from 1989 to 1992 and a partner in the law firm of Arnold & Porter from 1985 to 1989 and from 1992 to 1993.

EDUCATION: Harvard College and Harvard Law School.

OF NOTE: Garland supervised Justice Department investigations into the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and Unabomber Ted Kaczynski.

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Just who is Obama’s nominee for Supreme Court?