claim: supreme court nominee merrick garland "voted to uphold" d.c.’s ban on handguns.
author: john whitbeck
evidence_1: merrick brian garland (born november 13, 1952) is an american lawyer and  judge who serves ... the senate refused to hold a hearing or vote on this  nomination made .... in senate confirmation hearings garland said that the  supreme court .... for the unanimous en banc d.c. circuit in upholding a  prohibition on campaign ...
evidence_2: moran called for hearings on u.s. supreme court nominee merrick garland at a  ... of the two judges on the three-judge panel who voted to uphold the regulation.  ... a three-judge panel of the d.c. circuit court struck down d.c.'s handgun ban.
evidence_3: mar 16, 2016 ... obama supreme court nominee's record on guns in the spotlight ... merrick  garland's record on gun control, which will take center stage in the acrimonious  ... to overturn washington, d.c.'s handgun ban nearly 10 years ago. garland  voted in 2007 as a member of the d.c. circuit court of appeals to rehear ...
evidence_4: sep 5, 2018 ... wade was correctly decided or whether he would uphold a law ... ruling that  upheld washington, d.c.'s ban on semiautomatic rifles. ... kavanaugh responded  that “the supreme court has said so” but .... barack obama's supreme court  nominee, merrick garland, who was denied a senate hearing in 2016.
evidence_5: mar 16, 2016 ... ... obama's supreme court nominee, warning that judge merrick garland would  ... of the district's u.s. court of appeals struck down parts of d.c.'s handgun ban.  ... the supreme court ultimately upheld the individual right to ...