Joe Biden has nominated Judge Merrick Garland for attorney general. Garland is a centrist judge who has already received the support of prominent Republicans. He was President Obama’s pick to serve on the Supreme Court after the death of Antonin Scalia in 2016, but his nomination stalled after Republican senators, led by Mitch McConnell, refused to put it up for a vote.

Garland has served on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals for over two decades and previously worked at the Justice Department, where he prosecuted the Oklahoma City bombing case. Many progressives expressed disappointment at the pick, which was seen as a safe choice for bipartisan confirmation, on the same day Democrats gained control of the Senate and following the historic uprising for Black lives over the summer. As a judge, Merrick Garland’s record shows him often siding with law enforcement.

Biden has also tapped Lisa Monaco, Obama’s adviser for homeland security and counterterrorism, as deputy attorney general; Vanita Gupta as associate attorney general; and Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, as assistant attorney general for civil rights. Click here to see our last interview with Kristen Clarke, just this week.