President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that he has chosen Merrick Garland, chief justice for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, as his Supreme Court nominee to fill the vacant seat left by the death of Antonin Scalia.
Garland was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was raised in the Chicago area,[2] in the northern suburb of Lincolnwood.[3]
His mother, Shirley (née Horwitz), was a director of volunteer services….