(Reuters) - Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a ruling on Thursday restoring the ability of immigration judges to postpone deportation cases while awaiting rulings in related proceedings ...

Garland clerked for two legendary judges—Henry Friendly and William Brennan. But he has embraced the deferential jurisprudence of Friendly, rather than the activist jurisprudence of Brennan.

(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland has tossed out a Trump administration policy that barred immigration judges from temporarily shelving some deportation cases.

“For more than 20 years I was a federal judge,” Garland said. “Do I look like somebody who would make that basic mistake about the law? I don’t think so.” Two years ago, Garland invoked ...