I have suffered enough loss to know that the family is caught up in the emotions of it, be it devastation, denial, utter grief, confusion, anger....all sorts of various things that render them seriously unable to make a decision on the autopsy in the time frame necessary. Do not blame them ever for this. But clearer and fair-minded heads should have prevailed and order the autopsy and toxicology report, just for everyone’s peace of mind. Scalia was just THAT important.
The family is planning a funeral and playing through a whole lifetime full of memories and all the rest. This should never have been placed on their shoulders.
But he died on a Tuesday. We ultimately decided with the weather being particularly bad, with more bad weather to come on the weekend, to forget the autopsy. My father was not a Supreme Court Justice. If he was, I would have torn the place apart until they performed one. I might have called in Dr. Baden myself and hung out in the corner, reading a magazine.
I respect your opinion, and I understand it, but there are things that just need to be done, and people who need to step UP. There's been too many of this, "Oh, OK...I guess...That's just the way it is..." kind of crap from the repugnican't side of things for too long. I'm sick of it. we are at the Two Minute Warning on America's game clock.