SCALIA'S DEATH IN OFFICE A RARITY FOR MODERN SUPREME COURT

Associated Press ^ | February 15, 2016 | Jessica Gresko

[Biggirl]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A black-draped chair on the Supreme Court bench once signaled that a justice had died, but those somber memorials have been increasingly uncommon at the court as its members have chosen to retire rather than hold their office until death.

[libertylover]

Rehnquist and now Scalia, so not so rare.

[GOYAKLA]

New Bumper Sticker, Bork Obama!

[Intolerant in NJ]

Apparently had heart problems and high blood pressure - maybe was trying to hold out until after the election before retiring if we got the right president - died with his boots on....