Attorney General On Scalia: ‘A Lion Of American Law Has Left The Stage’

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch addresses the Opioid Misuse and Addiction Summit sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society in Waltham, Mass., Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Saturday issued a statement mourning the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, describing him as “one of the most influential and eloquent Justices” to ever serve on the Supreme Court.

“Justice Antonin Scalia was, and will always be remembered as, one of the most influential and eloquent Justices ever to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court,” Lynch said. “His indomitable conviction and his fierce intelligence left a lasting imprint – not just on the way the Supreme Court resolves cases, but on the legal landscape that he helped to transform. A lion of American law has left the stage, and it is up to all of us – every American – to keep our national constitutional dialogue as lively and as learned as he left it.”

Solicitor General Donald Verrilli described Scalia as a “great jurist” in his statement.

“I am saddened by the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia,” he said. “He was a great jurist and a great man who served the Court and the country with honor and distinction. We will miss him very much. On behalf of my colleagues in the Office of the Solicitor General, I extend our deepest condolences to Mrs. Scalia and to the rest of his family.”

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