So pleased to hear all this. I was getting a bit worried about Merrick Garland, everything I looked at was Republicans in the Hearings speaking very negatively.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/10/merrick-garland-confirmed-attorney-general
After Donald Trump spent four years – four long years – subverting the powers of the justice department for his own political benefit, treating the attorney general like his own personal defense lawyer, America can breathe a sigh of relief that we’re going to have someone like Merrick Garland leading the justice department,” said the majority leader, Chuck Schumer, ahead of the vote. “Someone with integrity, independence, respect for the rule of law and credibility on both sides of the aisle.”
McConnell said he was voting to confirm Garland because of “his long reputation as a straight shooter and a legal expert” and that his “left-of-center perspective” was still within the legal mainstream.
“Let’s hope our incoming attorney general applies that no-nonsense approach to the serious challenges facing the Department of Justice and our nation,” McConnell said.
Garland faces a daunting inbox at a justice department that critics say was left in tatters by Trump and his own attorney general, William Barr