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...Honest Company, the consumer goods business founded by US actress Jessica Alba, will report second-quarter earnings before the bell....
...They have argued that Mr McConnell refused to hold a vote for Merrick Garland, who was chosen to succeed Scalia by Barack Obama, because he felt it was inappropriate to vote during an election year....
...Michael Ferro, tronc’s non-executive chairman and largest shareholder through his Merrick Venture vehicle, had previously been a majority owner of Wrapports before purchasing the tronc stake....
...Mr Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama had nominated a different judge, Merrick Garland, but Republicans refused to hold a vote on that nominee....
...Some Democrats have railed against the selection of Mr Gorsuch in part because Senate Republicans blocked a vote on Merrick Garland, the nominee put forward by Mr Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama....
...Democrats, who are in the minority, had been angered by Republicans’ failure to hold a vote on Merrick Garland, the nominee put forth by Mr Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama, as well as concerns about Mr...
...conservative judicial philosophy similar to the judge he would be replacing, some Democrats have raised objections to his nomination, particularly after Republicans successfully blocked consideration of Merrick...
...His predecessor Barack Obama had nominated Merrick Garland – chief judge on the influential DC Circuit Court of Appeals – last year....
...Mr Sessions has also come out against President Obama’s US Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, as well as bipartisan criminal-sentencing reform legislation....
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