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SCALIA'S DEATH IN OFFICE A RARITY FOR MODERN SUPREME COURT
Associated Press ^ | February 15, 2016 | Jessica Gresko

Posted on 02/15/2016 8:29:57 AM PST by 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.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: justices; scalia; ussc

1 posted on 02/15/2016 8:29:57 AM PST by Biggirl
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To: Biggirl

Rehnquist and now Scalia, so not so rare.


2 posted on 02/15/2016 9:04:34 AM PST by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: libertylover

New Bumper Sticker, Bork Obama!


3 posted on 02/15/2016 9:28:31 AM PST by GOYAKLA ( Pick-up the pace, I'm eighty!)
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To: Biggirl

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....


4 posted on 02/15/2016 9:25:28 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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