Calling history buffs. Who was the last president to skip the funeral of a sitting SCOTUS Justice?
Again; this is my shocked face.
“Calling history buffs.”
Who was the last president to skip requesting an autopsy for a sitting SCOTUS Justice who died suddenly with a pillow over his face?
“Calling history buffs. Who was the last president to skip the funeral of a sitting SCOTUS Justice?”
Sitting or retired.
Chief Justice Rehnquist was the last sitting justice to die, and Bush went to his funeral. Before that you have to go back to 1953 or 1954 and I have no idea if Eisenhower attended those.
I don't know about sitting, but according to another article, Clinton didn't attend a couple of funerals for former Justices:
Four out of the past seven funerals for a Supreme Court justice have either had the president or vice president in attendance.
Former President George W. Bush attended the funeral for Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
Former President Bill Clinton attended the funerals for former Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and Justice William Brennan but did not attend the funerals for Justices Harry Blackmun or Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Former Vice President Al Gore attended the funeral for Justice Thurgood Marshall.
Before that, I don't know. I could not imagine Reagan not attending one, but haven't done the research to verify one way or the other.
I'm sure it will be a Catholic Funeral Mass, and the Devil's minions had those.