Former Illinois U.S. Rep. and Judge Abner Mikva in Chicago in 2009. Mikva, a former congressman, Illinois legislator, federal appellate judge and presidential adviser, died on Monday.

Abner Mikva, a former Illinois congressman, state legislator, federal appellate judge and presidential adviser, has died. The head of Mikva Challenge, a leadership organization Mikva founded, says Mikva died Monday in hospice care at Rush University Medical Center.

President Barack Obama's U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland was born in Chicago. While attending Niles West High School in nearby Skokie, he was involved with student government, drama and debating.