Post by blackonblack on Feb 15, 2016 10:48:14 GMT -8
One would think the republicans would be up in arms demanding an autopsy. Seems odd that they can write the cause of death without actually doing an autopsy...no matter what his health conditions were you cannot just assume he had a heart attack. I could understand this assumption if he had fell over clutching his chest in front of everyone one.
What say you all? Seems strange to me.
m.nydailynews.com/news/national/antonin-scalia-family-waives-autopsy-questions-linger-article-1.2531910
What say you all? Seems strange to me.
The family of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has waived an autopsy — dismissing any chance to learn more about how he died with a pillow over his head in an isolated Texas ranch Saturday.
Police do not suspect any foul play, and said Scalia died of natural causes. But authorities made that call without seeing the body, and without ordering an autopsy, according to The Washington Post — both of which are allowed under Texas law. The Scalia family immediately objected to autopsy, deeming it unnecessary.
Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara told ABC News she will write on Scalia’s death certificate: “Natural causes — heart attack.”
Scalia's body was flown to Virginia late Sunday afternoon, and funeral arrangements have not been disclosed.
Scalia, 79, had been in poor health prior to his trip to the remote Cibolo Creek Ranch, Guevara said. The judge visited his doctor in Washington D.C. two days in a row before heading to Texas, she said.
But Scalia seemed jovial in the final hours of his life, and appeared to have passed peacefully.
He arrived at Cibolo Ranch — a 30,000-acre property — around noon Friday, to join an exclusive hunting trip with about 35 low-key locals. It was his first time at the ranch.
On the last day of his life, Scalia skipped the group’s afternoon hunt, but joined everyone later for a lakeside dinner.
“He was animated,” ranch owner John B. Poindexter told ABC News.
“At about 9 o’clock, he stood up and said, ‘It’s been a very long day.’”
Scalia then went to bed — and didn’t show up for breakfast or lunch the next day.
Poindexter said he found Scalia in his $500-a-night room after 1 p.m., “stone cold” and with no pulse.
He had a pillow over his head and his hands on his chest. He seemed “relaxed,” Poindexter said, and his clothes were unruffled.
“He was totally peaceful,” Poindexter said.
“He was a man who just went to sleep and didn’t wake up.”
Poindexter told the San Antonio Express-News, which broke the story of Scalia’s death, Scalia was supposed to bring one of his sons on the trip, but he “had to drop out for reasons I don’t know.”
The death of Scalia, the Supreme Court’s longest-serving justice, spurred immediate debate over how his vacant seat will be filled. President Obama said he would announce a nomination “in due time,” while prominent GOP pols have bickered over the idea of Obama making another appointment.
Police do not suspect any foul play, and said Scalia died of natural causes. But authorities made that call without seeing the body, and without ordering an autopsy, according to The Washington Post — both of which are allowed under Texas law. The Scalia family immediately objected to autopsy, deeming it unnecessary.
Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara told ABC News she will write on Scalia’s death certificate: “Natural causes — heart attack.”
Scalia's body was flown to Virginia late Sunday afternoon, and funeral arrangements have not been disclosed.
Scalia, 79, had been in poor health prior to his trip to the remote Cibolo Creek Ranch, Guevara said. The judge visited his doctor in Washington D.C. two days in a row before heading to Texas, she said.
But Scalia seemed jovial in the final hours of his life, and appeared to have passed peacefully.
He arrived at Cibolo Ranch — a 30,000-acre property — around noon Friday, to join an exclusive hunting trip with about 35 low-key locals. It was his first time at the ranch.
On the last day of his life, Scalia skipped the group’s afternoon hunt, but joined everyone later for a lakeside dinner.
“He was animated,” ranch owner John B. Poindexter told ABC News.
“At about 9 o’clock, he stood up and said, ‘It’s been a very long day.’”
Scalia then went to bed — and didn’t show up for breakfast or lunch the next day.
Poindexter said he found Scalia in his $500-a-night room after 1 p.m., “stone cold” and with no pulse.
He had a pillow over his head and his hands on his chest. He seemed “relaxed,” Poindexter said, and his clothes were unruffled.
“He was totally peaceful,” Poindexter said.
“He was a man who just went to sleep and didn’t wake up.”
Poindexter told the San Antonio Express-News, which broke the story of Scalia’s death, Scalia was supposed to bring one of his sons on the trip, but he “had to drop out for reasons I don’t know.”
The death of Scalia, the Supreme Court’s longest-serving justice, spurred immediate debate over how his vacant seat will be filled. President Obama said he would announce a nomination “in due time,” while prominent GOP pols have bickered over the idea of Obama making another appointment.
m.nydailynews.com/news/national/antonin-scalia-family-waives-autopsy-questions-linger-article-1.2531910
