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Polar bears, Princess Diana, gun rights: The opinions of Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland

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Merrick Garland, President Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court, has become the subject of enormous controversy, pitting politics against history and dueling readings of the Constitution.

But if Senate Judiciary Committee did interview him, what would they ask? We examined a selection of his 334 opinions written for the Court of Appeals...

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