Scalia’s death means loss of key vote in divided cases

Given his previous statements the subject, it seems likely he would expect it – but also frown upon it. Indeed, Scalia himself lamented how the appointment process for Supreme Court justices had become so political during his lifetime, saying he “wouldn’t want to go through it” again in present day.

Scalia was visiting the ranch with friends on a hunting trip. He arrived Friday around noon.

About midnight Sunday, a hearse carrying Scalia’s body left the ranch property, bound for Sunset Funeral Homes in El Paso, the West Texas city more than 200 miles away.

His death’s impact on the court will be immediate even though the succession struggle will take time to play out, court watchers say.

He says Scalia’s family didn’t think a private autopsy was necessary and requested his remains be flown home as soon as possible. She said investigators told her there were no signs of foul play. Kennedy was nominated in 1987 and confirmed the next year. He was found dead in his room at a West Texas resort ranch Saturday morning. The mortuary will embalm Scalia’s body and prepare it to be flown to back to the East Coast.

But Hillary Clinton’s gloss over eulogy followed by an immediate call for the Senate to rubber stamp a President Obama nominee for Scalia’s vacant seat might have been the worst.

The Constitution gives the Senate “advice and consent” powers over a presidential nomination to the Supreme Court. “Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president”.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump hailed the legacy of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Saturday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell thinks it should wait for the next president.

Scalia “liked to fight… he liked to rib me, he liked to elbow me when we were working side by side”, Garner said. Marco Rubio, a Republican presidential nominee, said on “State of the Union” Sunday.

The body of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has been taken to a funeral home in El Paso, Texas, where officials are waiting to hear whether an autopsy will be performed.

The Republican resistance to an election-year confirmation got a thorough public airing on the GOP debate stage just hours after Scalia’s companions found him dead in his room at the Cibolo Creek Ranch near Marfa.

Beebe, who did not oversee the inquest because of another commitment, said that the other justice of the peace had been in the middle of another official matter, and that County Judge Cinderela Guevera had ultimately pronounced Scalia dead by telephone and “ruled it natural causes based on credible information”. Lujan said tentative plans were for the transfer to Virginia to take place on Tuesday.

The Democratic governor’s order applies to all state government and federal buildings across Minnesota.