Confirmed: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Found Dead at W. Texas Luxury Resort
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has been found dead at a West Texas luxury resort. From the San Antonio Express News:
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.
The second source: BREAKING: Surpreme Court Justice Scalia dies during hunting trip in Marfa.
EL PASO - An El Paso source close to Justice Antonin Scalia tells ABC-7 that the 79-year-old died in his sleep last night after a day of quail hunting at Cibolo Creek Ranch outside of Marfa, Texas.
.@GovAbbott statement on death of Antonin Scalia pic.twitter.com/Y8NeuMWubm
— Evan Smith (@evanasmith) February 13, 2016
Exclusive resort/ranch, owned by John Poindexter, a Houston-born multimillionaire https://t.co/7BPuOpe04Z https://t.co/ZMC5yVVfGM
— Evan Smith (@evanasmith) February 13, 2016
Get ready for an epic battle, folks. President Obama now has a chance to break the conservative stranglehold on the Supreme Court.
Ted Cruz wastes no time getting his obstructionism on.
Justice Scalia was an American hero. We owe it to him, & the Nation, for the Senate to ensure that the next President names his replacement.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 13, 2016
Um… no, Fox News. I know you would have liked this, but no. pic.twitter.com/03UCkSqjkc
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 13, 2016