Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday mocked a report that Sen. Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) asked President Trump to nominate Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court by tweeting a GIF of for...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer appealed to President Donald Trump to repeat his predecessor's choice and nominate federal judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court for a second time "as a way to unify the country," according to a source.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) privately urged President Trump in a phone conversation to nominate Merrick Garland, former President Obama's Supreme Court nominee from 2016, to replace the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Intense political battles surrounding Supreme Court nominees are nothing new, so we dug into our vault for a newsreel on a previous Supreme Court opening – and the chaos that ensued.

The complaint that the seat was “stolen” from Garland, or from Obama, has little merit.

Some Democrats are prepared to play hardball, arguing Mitch McConnell set a precedent back in 2016 with his strategy of blocking former President Barack Obama's Supreme Court pick Merrick Garland.

"The View" co-hosts discuss some Democratic senators expressing regret that they didn't fight harder for Merrick Garland.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) used Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) own words defending his decision to block the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court to argue that Americans "should have a v...

The story of Obama’s last Supreme Court nominee is a parable on the perils of privileging norms and moderation, over substance and base mobilization.

Opponents of the Supreme Court's travel ban decision have suggested the verdict would have been different had Merrick Garland been confirmed as a judge in 2016.

The refusal by Senate Republicans to act on President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, paving the way for Justice Gorsuch, reverberated powerfully after Tuesday’s rulings.

“I love voting” stickers, designed with the state of Ohio instead of a heart, were placed on a registration table for voters in Westerville, OH., in 2016. The Supreme Court upheld Ohio’s aggressive efforts to purge its voting rolls in a 5-4 ruling on Monday.

Neil Gorsuch wrote the opinion -- a demonstration of how the move to keep Merrick Garland from being confirmed has helped cement a conservative court

Former Trump aide Marc Lotter talks to Katy about how their refusal to confirm Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State cannot be compared to the refusal of Republicans to hold a hearing for Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made the riskiest decision of his political career in 2016: To block a vote on President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court. McConnell's decision not to allow a vote on Obama's nominee, Merrick Garland, to fil…

President Trump mockingly thanked his predecessor former President Barack Obama for leaving so many judicial posts vacant despite a Republican-controlled Senate slowing down confirmations during the last two years of the Obama administr

Sen. Bob Menendez could be faced with a decision only a few of his predecessors have been asked to make: resign following a conviction or hold tight to his seat.

Read CNN's Merrick Garland Fast Facts and learn more information about the life of the judge nominated to the Supreme Court.

Dean Heller delivered a speech on the importance of senators voting on judicial nominees, ignoring how Republicans treated Merrick Garland.

RT @SpeakerMcCarthy: Someone is lying about why President Biden's son got a sweetheart deal for his crimes. If House investigations find t…

RT @SenTedCruz: Merrick Garland may have lied under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee and obstructed justice in the Hunter Biden inves…

RT @SenTedCruz: Merrick Garland may have lied under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee and obstructed justice in the Hunter Biden inves…

RT @RealHickory: Good morning to everyone except lying POS scumbags Chris Wray and Merrick Garland, the worst and most corrupt FBI Director…

RT @RealHickory: Good morning to everyone except lying POS scumbags Chris Wray and Merrick Garland, the worst and most corrupt FBI Director…

RT @SenTedCruz: Merrick Garland may have lied under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee and obstructed justice in the Hunter Biden inves…

RT @RealHickory: Good morning to everyone except lying POS scumbags Chris Wray and Merrick Garland, the worst and most corrupt FBI Director…

RT @MustangMan_TX: Raise your hand if Merrick Garland and Christopher Wray make you absolutely sick at what is happening to our country bec…

RT @JewelsJonesLive: We've got some major drama surrounding Hunter Biden's plea hearing. Rumor has it, the Justice Department is contemplat…

RT @SenTedCruz: Merrick Garland may have lied under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee and obstructed justice in the Hunter Biden inves…

RT @SenTedCruz: Merrick Garland may have lied under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee and obstructed justice in the Hunter Biden inves…

RT @SenTedCruz: Merrick Garland may have lied under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee and obstructed justice in the Hunter Biden inves…

RT @SpeakerMcCarthy: When a prosecutor shields his boss’ son from investigators, it smells like a cover-up. Biden’s Department of Justice…

RT @RealHickory: Good morning to everyone except lying POS scumbags Chris Wray and Merrick Garland, the worst and most corrupt FBI Director…

RT @KevinKileyCA: Today FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed there was absolutely no basis for Merrick Garland's infamous directive targ…

RT @ByronDonalds: If Merrick Garland used the power of his office to slow walk and obstruct the investigations in Joe and Hunter Biden, tha…

RT @SenTedCruz: Merrick Garland may have lied under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee and obstructed justice in the Hunter Biden inves…

RT @Travis_in_Flint: Just In: Hunter Bidens plea deal that gives him a slap on the wrist could be delayed as Republicans call for the Judge…

RT @ToscaAusten: .@PressSec wedges a 10 foot pole between Joe Biden and Merrick Garland on the Mar-a-lago raid. Nat’l Archives tells a dif…

RT @2Reason0225: @GCapital_LLC @RDTBook Prosecutorial misconduct! Can get away with a lot with a Grand Jury, but it won’t pass the smell t…

RT @CollinRugg: JUST IN: Hunter Biden’s ‘sweetheart’ plea hearing may be delayed in response to IRS whistleblower accusations against the D…

RT @CollinRugg: JUST IN: Hunter Biden’s ‘sweetheart’ plea hearing may be delayed in response to IRS whistleblower accusations against the D…

RT @2Reason0225: @GCapital_LLC @RDTBook Prosecutorial misconduct! Can get away with a lot with a Grand Jury, but it won’t pass the smell t…

RT @NEWSMAX: The DOJ is reportedly considering delaying Hunter Biden's plea hearing after IRS whistleblowers claimed that the president's s…

RT @JDunlap1974: Kevin McCarthy says he will impeach Merrick Garland by July 6th if allegations from IRS whistleblowers turn out to be true…

RT @2Reason0225: @GCapital_LLC @RDTBook Prosecutorial misconduct! Can get away with a lot with a Grand Jury, but it won’t pass the smell t…

RT @CollinRugg: JUST IN: Hunter Biden’s ‘sweetheart’ plea hearing may be delayed in response to IRS whistleblower accusations against the D…

RT @NEWSMAX: The DOJ is reportedly considering delaying Hunter Biden's plea hearing after IRS whistleblowers claimed that the president's s…

RT @ProudElephantUS: JUST IN: The DOJ is reportedly considering delaying Hunter Biden's plea hearing after IRS whistleblowers claimed that…

RT @2Reason0225: @GCapital_LLC @RDTBook Prosecutorial misconduct! Can get away with a lot with a Grand Jury, but it won’t pass the smell t…