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Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia found dead at West Texas ranch
My San Antonio ^ | Updated 3:53 pm, Saturday, February 13, 2016 | Gary Martin

Posted on 02/13/2016 1:55:56 PM PST by Pan_Yan

Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead of apparent natural causes Saturday on a luxury resort in West Texas, federal officials said.

Scalia, 79, was a guest at the Cibolo Creek Ranch, a resort in the Big Bend region south of Marfa. According to a report, Scalia arrived at the ranch on Friday and attended a private party with about 40 people. When he did not appear for breakfast, a person associated with the ranch went to his room and found a body.

U.S. District Judge Fred Biery said he was among those notified about Scalia's death.

"I was told it was this morning," Biery said of Scalia's death. "It happened on a ranch out near Marfa. As far as the details, I think it's pretty vague right now as to how," he said. "My reaction is it's really unfortunate with any death. And now, politically, in the presidential cycle we're in my educated guess is nothing will happen before the next president is elected."

(Excerpt) Read more at mysanantonio.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: antoninscalia; bigbend; cibolocreekranch; judges; marfa; obituaries; obituary; ronaldreagan; scalia; scaliaobit; scotus; supremecourt; texas; va
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To: Pan_Yan

I am not an expert.

There must be a way to stop Obama.

the United States is under attack.


1,161 posted on 02/13/2016 8:06:02 PM PST by proud American in Canada (May every person have the chance, every day, to listen to the sound of children, laughing in play.)
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To: combat_boots

He wanted to investigate Hillary?????

What a disgusting evil blight the Clintons have been on America.


1,162 posted on 02/13/2016 8:25:22 PM PST by proud American in Canada (May every person have the chance, every day, to listen to the sound of children, laughing in play.)
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To: BenLurkin

Yes it is...😢


1,163 posted on 02/13/2016 8:28:17 PM PST by proud American in Canada (May every person have the chance, every day, to listen to the sound of children, laughing in play.)
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To: Iron Munro

My guess is 2A sales are going to increase even more, now.


1,164 posted on 02/13/2016 8:29:10 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: John S Mosby

Good thoughts!

I’d still like clarification about his protective detail, if any.

And I sure hope that there was no one sharing that room with him last night!


1,165 posted on 02/13/2016 8:30:15 PM PST by EarlyBird (This space for rent)
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To: LucyT

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/texas-news/scalia-to-have-autopsy-in-texas-according-to-state-law/42898331

A similar situation famously played out in the emergency room at Parkland Memorial Hospital in November 1963 after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Local officials tried to retain Kennedy’s body for an autopsy but U.S. Secret Service agents took the president’s remains back to D.C.

Presidio County has no facilities to perform an autopsy. Medical examiners in Odessa, Lubbock or El Paso rotate the responsibility when autopsies are required.

The FBI, U.S. Marshals, Texas Rangers, DPS Troopers and Presidio County Sheriff’s Office remained on the scene Saturday evening.


1,166 posted on 02/13/2016 8:31:03 PM PST by Nita Nupress
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To: Baldwin77

Because I read. Probably a thread here about it.


1,167 posted on 02/13/2016 8:31:06 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Pan_Yan

Why can’t the commie bastards on the court die when one of ours in the WH?

We have GOT to get a constitutional conservative in the WH to replace the old leftist crones that are sure to be gone in the next four years.

WHATEVER CRAP THEY LEGISLATE FROM THE BENCH AFTER THE HIGH-FIVING COMMIE RAT BASTARD IN THE WH APPOINTS ANOTHER LEFTISTS, REMEMBER...

IT IS OUR PATRIOTIC DUTY TO DISOBEY BAD LAW, ESP BAD LAW LEGISLATED FROM THE BENCH.


1,168 posted on 02/13/2016 8:40:23 PM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Carter...Reagan...Bush...Clinton....Bush....Carter....BUSH? / CLINTON? STOP THE INSANITY!)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

You trust him — the guy who likes Pelosi and Reid and Schmucky Schumer and who can work great deals with them — not to give us a Kennedy or a Roberts?


1,169 posted on 02/13/2016 8:42:01 PM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Carter...Reagan...Bush...Clinton....Bush....Carter....BUSH? / CLINTON? STOP THE INSANITY!)
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To: Pan_Yan

Let’s make sure they don’t bury him at sea before a full autopsy. I wouldn’t put it past the fascists in power to have had him assassinated so that they could tilt the court.


1,170 posted on 02/13/2016 8:45:33 PM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Carter...Reagan...Bush...Clinton....Bush....Carter....BUSH? / CLINTON? STOP THE INSANITY!)
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To: Jane Long

Very shocked! Any word on the cause of death? I realize he wasn’t a babe, but hope it wasn’t a Breitbart.


1,171 posted on 02/13/2016 9:01:38 PM PST by HollyB
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

Remember, a third of the Senate is up this year. The Republicans have a 54-46 majority; turning just 5 seats would give it back to the Democrats.

So I think several of the RINOs might find it in their political self-interest to stand tough, just this once, to preserve their seats and those of their GOP colleagues.


1,172 posted on 02/13/2016 9:33:49 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Jane Long

He said she’d bee a GREAT Supreme Court justice, which implies he’d look for someone like her to nominate.


1,173 posted on 02/13/2016 9:35:22 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: catfish1957

What was disgusting?


1,174 posted on 02/13/2016 9:36:13 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: digger48

Harriet Miers was the one Alito replaced as the nominee, not Roberts.

BTW, I am one conservative who was opposed to Roberts at the time, and I know of others who were.


1,175 posted on 02/13/2016 9:37:42 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: TBP

Yawn!!

Here...see for yourself who Trump would nominate. Keep up!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMcZcqdi_Yo

Stop believing the CRuz lies.


1,176 posted on 02/13/2016 9:39:47 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: TBP

My bad.


1,177 posted on 02/13/2016 9:40:07 PM PST by digger48
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To: Baldwin77

Especially since, as Cruz pointed out tonight, he argued for the nomination of his former boss, Michael Luttig (as most of us did), and supported Roberts after he was nominated.

Just as teh 6 candidates on the debate stage each argues for his own nomination but will presumably support whichever one is nominated.


1,178 posted on 02/13/2016 9:41:29 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: heights

You’re not running for President, telling people she should be on the Supreme Court.


1,179 posted on 02/13/2016 9:42:46 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: heights

“Don’t you CRUZ LUNATICS ever give it a rest.”

Nope. Same way you Trump lunatics won’t give it a rest.


1,180 posted on 02/13/2016 10:01:32 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (The Trump/Cruz war is a media generated war so the establishment can stay in power.)
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