Garland has been sitting out hearing cases since he was contacted by the Obama Administration about being a nominee for SCOTUS, as is traditional (to reduce potentially having to recuse himself from a case he himself heard). A year later, his nomination never acted upon by a GOP-dominated Senate that took a gamble decided that election-year nominations were abhorrent to the spirit of democracy, he has returned to the bench.
His official court bio is here: https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/home.nsf/content/VL+-+Judges+-+MBG
He deserved much better treatment than he received.
With No Fanfare, Merrick Garland Returns To The Bench
There was no acknowledgement of Judge Merrick Garland’s unsuccessful nomination to the US Supreme Court as he took the bench and heard arguments at the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit for th…
I wanted to say that we have become an unkind, disrespectful people, but I'm beginning to think we always were and I just didn't get it.