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."
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The Republicans in the senate have to prevent a Obama appointee confirmation by any means necessary.
Just damn.
A big loss for Conservatism.
Prayers for his family, and us.
Prayers for the Scalia family.
Holy crap. God Bless his family. This is the worst thing to happen. Libs will be dancing in the streets.....ugh.
very sad.
May he rest in peace, and may our republican congress fight O on his replacement plan!!! God bless the USA
As of this moment, nothing on MSNBC, CNN, NYT, Yahoo.
NATURAL CAUSES, MY FAT FOOT.
Great man. May he R.I.P.
I hit Wikipedia too and saw today as the date he ended his service on the Supremes. Whoa, people are fast.
i wouldnt be surprised if the illumanti didnt do this
Yep, time to man the phones and get the GOP held senate to mount the mother of all all fillibusters.
The Senate must refuse until the new president sworn in.
If they don’t fight on this it is betrayal.
Oh, how sad. May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
A great man who loved America.
We are sooooo screwed.
They may be more like Scam and not fall on the obvious fumble!
Now full blown BO will go nuclear on all of us!! God help us!
RIP, Justice Scalia! You were a patriot, an incredibly smart man and had a wonderful sense of humor.
I hate to think of the political ramifications at this time but it is impossible not to.
If I were his family, I would ask for a full autopsy... in another country.
and with him our country dies....
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