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Title: Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia found dead at West Texas ranch
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URL Source: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/us ... tonin-Scalia-found-6828930.php
Published: Feb 13, 2016
Author: Gary Martin
Post Date: 2016-02-13 17:28:07 by Stoner
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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. RELATED: Scalia for favoring religion 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." RELATED: Scalia: Black students do better at 'less-advanced' schools than UT 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. RELATED: Black UT students, alumni share successes online after Scalia comments Texas Gov. Greg Abbott released a statement Saturday afternoon, calling Scalia a man of God, 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. Staff writers Vianna Davila, Tyler White and Richard A. Marini, John MacCormack and Guillermo Contreras contributed to this report.
Damn, just damn. May he RIP !
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#9. To: Stoner, Justice Nanny Bloomberg (#0)
Edward Cardinal Egan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, Fordham University Chair of the Board Robert D. Daleo, Hon. Loretta Preska ’73, and Joseph M. McShane, S.J., President of Fordham http://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2015/07/23/curtain-call/ It's likely that Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid would rush through Justice Bloomberg's confirmation...
#12. To: hondo68 (#9)
I don't know obviously, but I suspect sales of guns & ammo will go up this week.
We don't need another fake Catholic on the bench.
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#16. To: hondo68 (#9)
Fordham University Chair of the Board Robert D. Daleo
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