The death of Antonin Scalia: Chaos, confusion and conflicting reports - WP
The death of Antonin Scalia: Chaos, confusion and conflicting reports Sunday February 14 th , 2016 at 8:02 PM 1 Share The "El Presidente" suite at Cibolo Creek Ranch in Shafter, Tex., where Justice Antonin Scalia’s body was discovered. (Matthew Busch/Getty Images) MARFA, Tex. — In the cloistered chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Antonin Scalia’s days were highly regulated and predictable. He met with clerks, wrote opinions and appeared for arguments in the august courtroom on a schedule set months in advance. Yet as details of Scalia’s sudden death trickled in Sunday, it appeared that the hours afterward were anything but orderly. The man known for his elegant legal opinions and profound intellect was found dead in his room at a hunting resort by the resort’s owner, who grew worried when Scalia didn’t appear at breakfast Saturday morning. It then took hours for authorities in remote West Texas to find a justice of the