Grassley calls Garland ‘good pick’ for attorney general

February 22, 2021 Carol Kuster State News 0

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley began today’s hearing on Merrick Garland’s nomination to be U.S. Attorney General by addressing his own role in denying Garland a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court in 2012. “I had something to do with that after the death of Justice Scalia,” Grassley said. “…As you’ll recall, it was an election […]