From March 2016, a piece on US Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, later blocked in favour of former Devil's Triangle boofer Brett Kavanaugh (seen here chatting with Kamala Harris).
And from February the 22nd of this year, Merrick Garland speaking as Nominee for Attorney General:
"July 2020 marked the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Department of Justice... Celebrating DOJ's 150th year reminds us of the origins of the Department, which was founded during Reconstruction, in the aftermath of the Civil War, to secure the civil rights promised by the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments. The first Attorney General appointed by President Grant to head the new Department led it in a concerted battle to protect black voting rights from the violence of white supremacists, successfully prosecuting hundreds of cases against members of the Ku Klux Klan... That mission remains urgent because we do not yet have equal justice. Communities of colour and other minorities still face discrimination in housing, education, employment, and the criminal justice system... If confirmed, I will supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who stormed the Capitol on January 6th."
Confirmed today.
Seventy votes to thirty.
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