> probably after talking to Scalia’s personal physician
That’s just the point. The Judge determined the cause of death was MI or “natural” 6 hours prior to speaking with Scalia’s physician.
The justice’s personal doctor called her at 8 p.m. Saturday night. http://www.11alive.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/02/14/official-scalia-died-heart-attack/80376442/ Guevara officially pronounced him dead at 1:52 p.m. on Saturday. [] Hours earlier, the county judge told WFAA that myocardial infarction - or a heart attack - would likely be the cause of death listed. Guevara later said she would confer with the Justice’s personal physician on what specifically to show as the cause of death. http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/texas-news/scalia-to-have-autopsy-in-texas-according-to-state-law/42898331
Ms Guevara pronounced him dead-any official can do that-it does not take a coroner to determine that someone is cold and obviously not alive-Scalia’s remains were taken to a funeral home, where they were certainly gone over by an examiner-that is standard. Obviously he/she did not find anything that disagreed with Ms. Guevara’s opinion-no matter how much howling goes on, how many times autopsies are asked for, etc-every death of a conservative connected with the government is not murder, or a conspiracy to cover one up.