Justice Scalia has died

[rockrat]

Just saw on the news that Justice Scalia has passed. Leaves the court 4-4 conservative/liberal now.


Godspeed Sir

[M-Tecs]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sup...7Kz&ocid=edgsp

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.
Chief U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia, of the Western Judicial District of Texas, was notified about the death from the U.S. Marshals Service.
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 very unfortunate. It's unfortunate with any death, and politically in the presidential cycle we're in, my educated guess is nothing will happen before the next president is elected."
The U.S. Marshal Service, the Presidio County sheriff and the FBI were involved in the investigation.
Officials with the law enforcement agencies declined to comment.
A federal official who asked not to be named said there was no evidence of foul play and it appeared that Scalia died of natural causes.
A gray Cadillac hearse pulled into the ranch last Saturday afternoon. The hearse came from Alpine Memorial Funeral Home.
Scalia was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan.
Staff writers Vianna Davila, Tyler White and Richard A. Marini, John MacCormack and Guillermo Contreras contributed to this report.

[Hogtamer]

The worst possible news for our country just now. Pray that McConnel et al will find the spine to resist the left's full court press to confirm another of BHO's libs for life.

[Blammer]

his eagerness to jump on national tradgedies before the ink on the story is dry, don't count on him waiting.

[BrassMagnet]

The worst possible news for our country just now. Pray that McConnel et al will find the spine to resist the left's full court press to confirm another of BHO's libs for life.

McConnel will betray us again.
Count on it.

[jcwit]

I will add this.

He went to his place of Peace, in Peace.

[opos]

Anyone that has been threatening to "sit out the election" because the "perfect candidate" didn't get nominated better take a hard look now...with Scalia gone and Obama chafing at the bit to taint the court for generations...then Ginsburg right on the cusp of retiring and possibly one more appointment due in the next presidential term our whole way of life is on the line...if Hillary get's elected and there are 2 or 3 ultra liberal Justices appointed..forget all about the Constitution..forget about owning guns..forget anything but socialist rule..

[square butte]

The stakes were already very high - But have just gotten so much higher it's hard to put into words.

[MUSTANG]

I had the great privilege of meeting Justice Scalia on 3 separate occasions where he spoke, and the unbelievable experience of actually sitting at a table dining with him and another ~10 people for 2 hours. He was a truly nice human being. He was a true Constitutional Scholar, committed to the original intent of the US Constitution. The most memorable point he made while we ate and talked was when he said (me paraphrasing) "The American People become so wrapped up in issues they care about that they believe their issue must be protected by the Constitution. We (the Supreme Court) are often forced into hearing and ruling on issues. Most of what the Supreme Court hears and rules on has no basis for being a Constitutional Issue, but because the American People demand it, we find these issues before the Supreme Court."

I will pray to my God that he will influence the next Supreme Justice appointment to be the best thing for our Republic.

[jcwit]

I will pray to my God that he will influence the next Supreme Justice appointment to be the best thing for our Republic.

Yes!.

[fatnhappy]

I fear for our Republic.

[JWFilips]

Yes I'm sure there are a Few Muslim's in the ranks waiting the chance...Potus will be so happy

[Harry O]

EVERY ONE of the 2nd Amendment cases were 5-4. He was one of the five. We were hanging by a thread before. The thread broke.

[Three44s]

Maybe O'Knucklehead snuck in some bad mushrooms .........

Three 44s

[JSnover]

With a congress controlled by the lamest bunch of 'winners' we've ever seen, this is a slam-dunk for O.

[quilbilly]

You can't say Sen. McConnell and say spine in the same breath without gagging. If you think Argentina is the model for the future of our country, you will be happy. Big O can now pack the court with anti-Constitutionalists and we can proceed toward authoritarian kleptocracy.

[Blammer]

my condolences for his family.

[tygar]

If the scumbags get another libocommie in we as a nation are done unless their are enough balls to have a revolution.

[trapper9260]

We are so deep in a mess now.

[Plate plinker]

Phone calls boys make the phones ring. The weasels need to know we are watching this. No disrespect to actual weasels.