Considered twice before, Garland gets call to top court

Townhall.com Staff

Posted: Mar 16, 2016 4:34 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Merrick Garland, the federal appeals court judge picked by President Barack Obama for the Supreme Court, was twice before considered as a nominee for the lifetime job as a justice but passed over when Obama chose Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.