Posted on 02/13/2016 2:29:21 PM PST by ALASKA
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died of apparent natural causes Saturday on a luxury resort in West Texas, the San Antonio-Express News reported.
Scalia, 79, was a guest at the Cibolo Creek Ranch, a resort in the Big Bend region south of Marfa, the paper reported.
According to a report, Scalia, an associate justice, 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.
The U.S. Marshal Service, the Presidio County sheriff and the FBI were involved in the investigation, the paper reported.
A federal official who asked not to be named told the paper there was no evidence of foul play and it appeared that Scalia died of natural causes.
Scalia, the longest serving justice on the Court, was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan. He was the first Italian-American justice.
Gov. Greg Abbott released a statement confirming Scalia’s death and calling him a “man of God, a patriot, and an unwavering defender of the written Constitution and the Rule of Law.â€
“He was the solid rock who turned away so many attempts to depart from and distort the Constitution,†the statement said. “His fierce loyalty to the Constitution set an unmatched example, not just for judges and lawyers, but for all Americans. 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.â€
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz called Scalia a “champion of our liberties and a stalwart defender of the Constitution.â€
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I’ve been thinking about this since posting, and I think you are right. I have NEVER been one to anticipate last minute marshall law by the Dalai Bama, but with THIS, I could envision several scenarios which could lead to that.
So what? He disagreed with Scalia on that issue. No big deal, but, Cruzbots have to make a big fricking deal out of everything - they are desperate.
LoL FRiend... did you notice just how much you have altered your speech patterns to sound like Trump now?
I am going to watch some silly movie with my wife. Have a good evening.
The media has been claiming “natural causes” for hours. An unattended death requires an autopsy. An autopsy in this case requires an honest and brave coroner......
The Terrorist in Chief = Obama
Step things up = revving up his destruction of the US
this supposed last year = Obama said he would be prez 8-10 years
pulling out all stops = Obama will do anything to destroy the US and Scalia’s death just rocketed that destruction into the fast lane.
There were two justices killed in the book so who's the next? It doesn't have to be a justice but any highly visible conservative.
Bump.
It was said up thread there should be riots if the Senate caves on whomever Obama nominates. That would be the perfect excuse for him to declare martial law. Just the treat of martial law would be enough for the Senate to cave. It will be a vicious circle with any number of starting points but the end point is all the same.
Who will enforce Martial Law? There are not enough Police,National Guard, or Military Forces to enforce Martial Law in this country. In a smaller country, county,city, or town yes. This country would be much harder.
True.
There must be a million private conversations going on in America on how the progressive agenda will end. It wont be pretty.
Mussolini comes to mind. Hunted down.
I think our kids will see a civil war. The debt will implode the economy. States will go their separate ways. Feds will roll tanks into states. That is the Hope and Change road that Obama has set our notion on. Bankruptcy.
We are 20 trillion in debt. It’s going to accelerate like a bomb for a future president. Like the Soviet Union. The unthinkable becomes a reality.
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