The Supreme Court is honoring the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who died unexpectedly over the weekend, by draping its courtroom doors as well as Scalia’s seat on the court’s bench, in black, the court announced Tuesday.
“This tradition dates back at least as far as the death of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase in 1873,” the public information office said in a press release. “It is believed to have been followed since, with the Bench Chair and Bench draped on the death of each sitting Justice, and the Courtroom door draped on the death of each Justice, sitting or retired.”
Additionally, the flags on its plaza have been lowered to half staff for the next 30 days.
