(This story originally appeared on Benefits Pro's sister publication National Law Journal.)
Merrick Garland, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and a former U.S. Justice Department lawyer who led the investigation of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, was nominated Wednesday to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In the weeks leading up to the nomination, many observers saw Garland, 63, as a consensus pick for the president — a judge who, despite a long paper trail and tenure on the bench, has kept a low public profile and isn’t known for staking out controversial positions.
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