Merrick Garland’s 'rigid adherence to norms' aids 'Republican bad faith attacks': analysis

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Merrick Garland’s 'rigid adherence to norms' aids 'Republican bad faith attacks': analysis

Attorney General Merrick Garland's efforts to depoliticize the Department of Justice (DOJ) after the Trump administration have merely resulted in surrendering to the politics of the far right, according to a recent analysis.According to The New Republic's Alex Shephard, Garland's tenure at the top of the DOJ has shown a pattern of overcorrecting to the right in order to placate the insatiable demands of Republicans. Shephard argued that the most…