Who filled the Supreme Court vacancy after Garland?
Neil Gorsuch
Brett Kavanaugh
Elena Kagan
Amy Coney Barrett
Answer
Neil Gorsuch, a conservative judge, was nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate in April 2017, filling the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Antonin Scalia in February 2016. Gorsuch's appointment shifted the ideological balance of the Court to the right, with a 5-4 conservative majority.
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Garland supervised which government department's investigations?
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