Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia found dead at West Texas ranch
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Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead of apparent natural causes Saturday on a luxury resort in West Texas, federal officials said.
Scalia, 79, was a guest at the Cibolo Creek Ranch, a resort in the Big Bend region south of Marfa. According to a report, Scalia arrived at the ranch on Friday and attended a private party with about 40 people. When he did not appear for breakfast, a person associated with the ranch went to his room and found a body.
Chief U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia, of the Western Judicial District of Texas, was notified about the death from the U.S. Marshals Service. U.S. District Judge Fred Biery said he was among those notified about Scalia's death.
"I was told it was this morning," Biery said of Scalia's death. "It happened on a ranch out near Marfa. As far as the details, I think it's pretty vague right now as to how," he said. "My reaction is it's very unfortunate. It's unfortunate with any death, and politically in the presidential cycle we're in, my educated guess is nothing will happen before the next president is elected."
The U.S. Marshal Service, the Presidio County sheriff and the FBI were involved in the investigation.
Officials with the law enforcement agencies declined to comment.
A federal official who asked not to be named said there was no evidence of foul play and it appeared that Scalia died of natural causes.
A gray Cadillac hearse pulled into the ranch last Saturday afternoon. The hearse came from Alpine Memorial Funeral Home.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott released a statement Saturday afternoon, calling Scalia a man of ? , a patriot and an "unwavering defender of the written Constitution."
"He was the solid rock who turned away so many attempts to depart from and distort the Constitution," Abbott said. "We mourn his passing, and we pray that his successor on the Supreme Court will take his place as a champion for the written Constitution and the Rule of Law. Cecilia and I extend our deepest condolences to his family, and we will keep them in our thoughts and prayers."
Scalia was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan.
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead of apparent natural causes Saturday on a luxury resort in West Texas, federal officials said.
Scalia, 79, was a guest at the Cibolo Creek Ranch, a resort in the Big Bend region south of Marfa. According to a report, Scalia arrived at the ranch on Friday and attended a private party with about 40 people. When he did not appear for breakfast, a person associated with the ranch went to his room and found a body.
Chief U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia, of the Western Judicial District of Texas, was notified about the death from the U.S. Marshals Service. U.S. District Judge Fred Biery said he was among those notified about Scalia's death.
"I was told it was this morning," Biery said of Scalia's death. "It happened on a ranch out near Marfa. As far as the details, I think it's pretty vague right now as to how," he said. "My reaction is it's very unfortunate. It's unfortunate with any death, and politically in the presidential cycle we're in, my educated guess is nothing will happen before the next president is elected."
The U.S. Marshal Service, the Presidio County sheriff and the FBI were involved in the investigation.
Officials with the law enforcement agencies declined to comment.
A federal official who asked not to be named said there was no evidence of foul play and it appeared that Scalia died of natural causes.
A gray Cadillac hearse pulled into the ranch last Saturday afternoon. The hearse came from Alpine Memorial Funeral Home.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott released a statement Saturday afternoon, calling Scalia a man of ? , a patriot and an "unwavering defender of the written Constitution."
"He was the solid rock who turned away so many attempts to depart from and distort the Constitution," Abbott said. "We mourn his passing, and we pray that his successor on the Supreme Court will take his place as a champion for the written Constitution and the Rule of Law. Cecilia and I extend our deepest condolences to his family, and we will keep them in our thoughts and prayers."
Scalia was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan.
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Get the ? outta here
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It's not on CNN
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A shift on the SCOTUS is about to happen. Who is Justice Thomas going to talk to while the attorneys are giving their oral arguments?
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obnoxiouslyfresh wrote: »It's not on CNN
Check now. It's plastered on the title screen. -
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I'm usually not happy someone died but this...it feels so good to know that racist son of a sack of ? is on his way to a hole in the ground
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He was a ? ? but.....rip
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Hopefully his replacement is better
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I don't know who this is
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Obama will have a hard time getting an appointed nominee through the Senate.....the stakes of this election just went up a couple of notches
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Yoooo! I just got done reading one of his, lengthy, snarky anti 14th Amendment dissents for Con Law...good riddance. Scalia would have no problem with Jim Crow, the Black Codes because of his original meaning interpretations. Obama better get on it....
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Obama could make a recess appointment, but congress has to approve it by the end of the next calendar year. This congress is a ? to get around. A Supreme Court Judge is the only appointment that the congress can filibuster. If the supreme court is deadlocked, the lower court's decision stands. Expect all kinds of fuckery to ensue.
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Cibolo Creek Ranch, a resort in the Big Bend region south of Marfa.
Above my pay grade
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Maximus Rex wrote: »A shift on the SCOTUS is about to happen. Who is Justice Thomas going to talk to while the attorneys are giving their oral arguments?
Your sig is one of the greatest things ive ever seen in my entire life -
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great, one more reason for guys to start hoarding guns and driving up prices for me
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great, one more reason for guys to start hoarding guns and driving up prices for me
Boo hoo. Pay a premium for your paranoid black helicopter fantasy ? . Go sell some illegally shortened shotguns to a ATF informant if you need money that badly. -
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Swiffness! wrote: »Boo hoo.
normally i would give you more credit, but if you're incapable of processing the fact that gun owners cover a bit more ground than "paranoid black helicopter fantasy ? ," especially since that might be the people i'm literally criticizing in that post, then go ? yourself like the rest of the bigots. -
Swiffness! wrote: »Boo hoo.
normally i would give you more credit, but if you're incapable of processing the fact that gun owners cover a bit more ground than "paranoid black helicopter fantasy ? ," especially since that might be the people i'm literally criticizing in that post, then go ? yourself like the rest of the bigots.
Lol. I figured a Randy Weaver subliminal would get under your skin. "don't joke about that, that's like the Holocaust to us!" -
Swiffness! wrote: »Lol. I figured a Randy Weaver subliminal would get under your skin. "don't joke about that, that's like the Holocaust to us!"
look, Randy Weaver had too many ? Nations affiliations for me to not say "? that guy." ? Lon Horiuchi for shooting an unarmed woman who was HOLDING A DAMN BABY. Ruby Ridge was a damn mess of questionable behavior by the feds and a largely unsympathetic defendant in Weaver.
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Do u know no women are allowed at that compound? Green hooded initial robes for all the " brothers.". That location is where the elite go / went 2 get down bro. His assistance was no longer required. Obligations had been fulfilled and his membership expired. No autopsy? Reddest flag super early on. He probably knew his time was up also.
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