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from the National Shrine of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC. 15 minute video.

Thousands packed into the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on Saturday morning for a funeral Mass for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. His flag-draped casket was brought to the church, just a short ride for the funeral procession, from the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill. Scalia, 79, died last weekend at a remote Texas ranch. He had spent nearly three decades on the high court. Burial plans have not been announced. Vice President Joe Biden, former Vice President Dick Cheney and the remaining eight high court justices are attending the service, for one...

Saturday, the funeral services of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will be held in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. at 11 a.m. ET.

I thought some of us might benefit from a break in election obsessing.

PastPresident Obama has begun to consult with key senators from both parties on nominating a successor to the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the White House said Friday. In the past 24 hours, Obama phoned Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), press secretary Josh Earnest said. Both senators have said replacing Scalia should be left to the next president. Earnest described the calls as "entirely professional" and said Obama made clear "he is going to nominate someone." "He is committed to talking to Congress," the spokesman added. "He reiterated his firm...

Justice Antonin Scalia returned to the institution he helped shape for the last three decades in a somber memorial procession. His casket arrived at the Supreme Court, where it will lie in repose as mourners pay their respects to the intellectual giant that defined New Originalism in his tenure there. Prior to that, CNN reports, the other justices will take part in a private memorial service led by Scalia’s son Paul, a Catholic priest: CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE VIDEO The body of late Justice Antonin Scalia is lying in repose Friday morning inside the Supreme Court building where...

(CNSNews.com) – White House spokesman Josh Earnest defended President Barack Obama’s decision to skip Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral on Saturday, telling reporters Thursday that they have “settled on an appropriate and respectful arrangement” and accusing those questioning the decision of using Scalia’s funeral “as some sort of political cudgel.” “There’s so much rancor in politics and partisanship that we allow ourselves to get drawn into different corners to the extent that some people actually want to use the funeral of a Supreme Court Justice as some sort of political cudgel,” Earnest said when asked why the president is...

President Barack Obama will not attend Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral on Saturday, the White House said Wednesday. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden will attend. Obama and first lady Michelle Obama instead will go to the Supreme Court on Friday “to pay their respects to Justice Scalia” while the justice lies in repose in the Great Hall, press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Wednesday.