Posted on 02/13/2016 1:55:56 PM PST by Pan_Yan
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.
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 really unfortunate with any death. And now, politically, in the presidential cycle we're in my educated guess is nothing will happen before the next president is elected."
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After dinner, my brother said he wasn’t feeling well and went to bed. That was it for him. He was 59. I do hope this was the case with Justice Scalia, but with the number of bad actors out there, one has to pause and wonder.
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I do not think the candidates are that knowledgable on what judges would be appropriate!!!!
In a perfect world, we would wait. However, given the current role of the court, the stakes are too high.
What is unfortunate is that nine people have so much power.
Thanks for the ping, yes devastating.
We haven’t won anything yet! What makes you so sure a Republican is going to be in the White House? If hitlery or bernie the commie win, this country will cease to exist.
Come Monday everybody better start calling their senators and getting really pizzy about it. I have two calls to make first thing.
He was 79, overweight, and a smoker. Likelier that the combination of these did him in.
Obama is out looking for a 25-year-old gay, muslim, black, communist, environmentalist, left-handed, ACLU lawyer to nominate.
My heartfelt prayers go out to his family.
May this great man Rest in Peace.
Gober Graham, who supports Jeb, has already said on Fox that he would "support a consensus Supreme Court candidate." I hope McConnell stands his ground, but I'm not optimistic.
Yep if we don’t raise a hue and cry those pathetic quisling may buckle under the pressure. Call your senators and be aggressive about it.
I believe the way FDR’s plan worked was to add a new justice every time one hit a certain age.
This is very sad. I just heard about this and I am floored by this news.
Not only a sad day for the Scalia family but a very sad day for our nation and maybe a turning point in our history. May God have mercy on us. If Obama gets to appoint his replacement we are in deep trouble.
Lord have mercy.
Yes, but! What if hitlery or bernie the commie wins?
But they probably won’t, Linda Graham and Johnny McCain will come and save the day for the libs and tell us that Barry’s candidate can be trusted.
What FDR did manage to do was intimidate the Court into approving most of his programs anyway.
They better not bend over and give Obama what he wants, but I have no control over their SOP of getting along and compromising with him-”caving in”.
There were people to contact, family and possibly others.
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