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Senate confirmations of Joe Biden’s cabinet nominees are still underway and this week brought more nominees to be confirmed. After a long wait, the Senate has confirmed Merrick Garland for Attorney General. Garland was confirmed by the Senate this week on a bipartisan vote of 70-30, placing him in a post to lead the government agency that was heavily politicized by now-former President Donald Trump during his term. Garland’s nomination for DOJ attorney general was seen by many as retribution for having his Supreme Court confirmation hearing back in 2016 blocked by then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. At that time, McConnell and the GOP-controlled Senate set the precedent that no Supreme Court nominees would receive a hearing in an election year, a precedent that was easily broken in 2020 when the Senate sped through the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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