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Scalia's Body Taken to Texas Funeral Home, Officials Debating Autopsy
CBS/AP ^ | February 14, 2016

Posted on 02/14/2016 1:55:50 PM PST by monkapotamus

A procession of law enforcement officers early Sunday escorted the body of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to a funeral home in El Paso, Texas, where officials are waiting to hear whether an autopsy will be performed....

Lujan said if an autopsy is requested by Scalia's family or ordered by a justice of the peace, then an El Paso County medical examiner would likely perform it at the funeral home.

(Excerpt) Read more at 10tv.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; antoninscalia; election2016; scalia; scotus; texas
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To: RummyChick

“I thought he had already been embalmed. Anyone know the Governor of Texas??? We want an autopsy!!!

Death scene is suspicious. Massive heart attack but hands folded on chest and sheets unrumpled.”

It could have happened right after he laid down.


41 posted on 02/14/2016 3:02:41 PM PST by kagnew
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To: monkapotamus
Lujan said if an autopsy is requested by Scalia's family or ordered by a justice of the peace, then an El Paso County medical examiner would likely perform it at the funeral home.

This is infuriating. A supreme court judge dies alone and they don't automatically do an autopsy? And if they do it's going to be done by a county ME? Shouldn't this be some kind of bi-partisan autopsy to make sure everything is on the up and up?

42 posted on 02/14/2016 3:02:54 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: kagnew

I hope I am so lucky to go out in a similar way.

I have written about Scalia often in the last few months in terms of his opinion of Natural Born Citizen.

These are strange times with a wild political process.


43 posted on 02/14/2016 3:07:02 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: Yaelle

Art. 49.10. AUTOPSIES AND TESTS.

(e) A justice of the peace shall order an autopsy performed on a body if: (1) the justice determines that an autopsy is necessary to determine or confirm the nature and cause of death;

(i) If a justice of the peace determines that a complete autopsy is unnecessary to confirm or determine the cause of death, the justice may order a physician to take or remove from a body a sample of body fluids, tissues, or organs in order to determine the nature and cause of death.

http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/CR/htm/CR.49.htm

Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara pronounced Scalia dead over the phone. She said no autopsy was necessary and that the death certificate will say the cause of death was natural.

How could Judge Cinderela Guevara determine that an autopsy was not necessary to determine or confirm the nature and cause of death when she hasn’t even seen the body? She must possess a miraculous ability to determine the cause of death over the phone.


44 posted on 02/14/2016 3:07:11 PM PST by Ray76 (Our gov has become hideously deformed by the hand of the Dem-Rep-Uniparty. They must be abolished.)
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To: Ray76

I agree; it’s a travesty.

Just because Scalia could easily have had a heart attack does not mean he did. Same with Breitbart - people said he had high blood pressure, was stressed, etc. doesn’t mean they weren’t murdered.


45 posted on 02/14/2016 3:11:54 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: laplata

Yea I just read that too.


46 posted on 02/14/2016 3:13:33 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Yaelle
Marshals were not at the resort in Texas where he died, but were called there after the fact, a law enforcement source told CNN. Marshalls help supplement security for traveling justices.

Why weren't Marshalls protecting Scalia? Apparently the Marshalls arrived after Scalia had died. Then a U.S. Marshal told Judge Guevara by phone: "It's not necessary for you to come, judge. If you're asking for an autopsy, that's what we need to clarify."

In my opinion Judge Guevara and the unnamed Marshall require scrutiny.

47 posted on 02/14/2016 3:15:42 PM PST by Ray76 (Our gov has become hideously deformed by the hand of the Dem-Rep-Uniparty. They must be abolished.)
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To: Yaelle

Most likely Justice Scalia had a medical history that the family may be well aware of, so the family have no questions regarding his death as it was kind of expected???? If not, I feel they would be demanding an autopsy.


48 posted on 02/14/2016 3:16:04 PM PST by kiltie65
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To: ShivaFan
Yes, there should be an autopsy, and Ben Carson should do it!

There's an interesting idea. Someone should start a twitter campaign along those lines. (I don't do twitter, or I would start it)

49 posted on 02/14/2016 3:34:02 PM PST by Washi (All lives matter, or none do.)
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To: Ray76

The only thing that woman could have known over the phone is that he was 79 - Foul Play!


50 posted on 02/14/2016 3:45:30 PM PST by ichabod1 (Spriiingtime for islam, and tyranny. Winter for US and frieeends. . .)
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To: ichabod1

It certainly seems like something is being covered up.

According to WFAA channel 8 an unnamed U.S. Marshal told Judge Guevara by phone: “It’s not necessary for you to come, judge. If you’re asking for an autopsy, that’s what we need to clarify.”

Was the judge threatened?


51 posted on 02/14/2016 3:49:34 PM PST by Ray76 (Our gov has become hideously deformed by the hand of the Dem-Rep-Uniparty. They must be abolished.)
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To: manc
Damn right for an autopsy seeing as we do not know the cause of death of a man who was in good health and it should be done by the Doc who the family wants.

You are shocked a 79 year old fat guy had a fatal heart attack. Come-on.

52 posted on 02/14/2016 3:53:39 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (behind enemy lines)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

No not shocked, but I am surprised that a body is found in the morning and the M.E did not come and state death , but a justice of the peace. Especially seeing as this was a judge on SCOTUS.


53 posted on 02/14/2016 4:16:09 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: manc

Good health? He was a fat, near 80 year-old smoker.


54 posted on 02/14/2016 4:20:42 PM PST by stormer
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To: manc

Exactly so. There are ample causes for a natural death - indeed, any one of us could drop dead at any minute.

However, this needs to be proven. Public figures have less privacy than the rest of us, it is one of the costs of their generous tax funded perks. Given this man’s public profile, and justified concern about his death, an autopsy is required. The family may not be requesting this, but it is not entirely up to them.


55 posted on 02/14/2016 4:26:24 PM PST by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: BlackVeil

Agreed.


56 posted on 02/14/2016 5:07:12 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Ray76

She’s a Dem.


57 posted on 02/14/2016 5:36:02 PM PST by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: manc

How do you know he was in good health? He was overweight and a walking ad for a heart attack. In addition according to the news tonight he had seen his doctor Wednesday and Thursday last week before the trip, He was 79.


58 posted on 02/14/2016 5:39:22 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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To: the_doc

The JP called his doctor and after that conversation it was deemed an autopsy was not required.


59 posted on 02/14/2016 5:41:17 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Captain Peter Blood

MRI for a shoulder injury.


60 posted on 02/14/2016 5:55:29 PM PST by Ray76 (Our gov has become hideously deformed by the hand of the Dem-Rep-Uniparty. They must be abolished.)
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