The Death Of Antonin Scalia: Chaos, Confusion And Conflicting Reports
By Eva Ruth Moravec, Sari Horwitz and Jerry Markon February 14 at 7:21 PM
MARFA, Tex. In the cloistered chambers of the Supreme Court, Justice Antonin Scalias days were highly regulated and predictable. He met with clerks, wrote opinions and appeared for arguments in the august courtroom on a schedule set months in advance.
Yet as details of Scalias sudden death trickled in Sunday, it appeared that the hours afterward were anything but orderly. The man known for his elegant legal opinions and profound intellect was found dead in his room at a hunting resort by the resorts owner, who grew worried when Scalia didnt appear at breakfast Saturday morning.
It then took hours for authorities in remote West Texas to find a justice of the peace, officials said Sunday. When they did, Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara pronounced Scalia dead of natural causes without seeing the body which is permissible under Texas law and without ordering an autopsy.
As official Washington tried to process what his demise means for politics and the law, some details of Scalias final hours remained opaque. As late as Sunday afternoon, for example, there were conflicting reports about whether an autopsy should have been performed. A manager at the El Paso funeral home where Scalias body was taken said that his family made it clear they did not want one.
One of two other officials who were called but couldnt get to Scalias body in time said that she would have made a different decision on the autopsy.
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exboyfil
(17,865 posts)out of Texas without an autopsy seems to be common (see Kennedy).
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)Now I am not saying that Scalia died of auto-erotic asphyxiation while dressed in a bustier with purple crotchless panties, but there is no evidence that he didn't.
Skittles
(153,185 posts)*EGREGIOUS VISUAL*
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)SoLeftIAmRight
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