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Fondly Missing The Supreme Court's Justice Who Never Was

SCOTUS is still holding out for a hero.

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Missing Merrick. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

Judge Merrick Garland is a judicial phantom limb. He never sat on the Supreme Court, but he is missed almost as if he had.

— Forbes contributor Stephanie Denning, commenting on the sad fact that the Supreme Court is currently lacking something it never had in the justice who never was.

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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