Chief Justice Confirms Antonin Scalia’s Death: ‘His Passing Is A Great Loss’

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, right, and Associate Justice Antonin Scalia attend the funeral of former President Gerald Ford in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Chief Justice John Roberts released a statement Saturday confirming reports of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death. Roberts called Scalia’s passing a “great loss.”

Scalia reportedly died in his sleep while on a hunting trip in west Texas.

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  1. yeah… well… let me know if Pope Frank suddenly cuts short his tour of Mexico to come administer Last Rites and preside at the funeral on orders from god…

  2. A hunting trip in Texas, eh? Anyone know the whereabouts of a Richard Cheney? Also goes by DICK.

  3. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Whoever will speak for Clarence now? I fear his voice has been silenced.

  4. Someone’s loss, someone else’s gain.

  5. Avatar for mkclpi mkclpi says:

    There goes slob Robert’s grip on the court.

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