As part of a recent tradition, the body of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will lie in repose in the Great Hall of the United States Supreme Court. His body will be surrounded by marble busts of former Supreme Court justices, and there will be a private ceremony at 9:30 a.m. followed by his body being open to the public between 10:30 a.m.- 8:00 p.m. this Friday. “The body of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who died in 2005, was the last to lie in repose at the court.” There is also a funeral scheduled for Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The flags on the Supreme Court’s plaza will also be flown at half-staff for 30 days out of respect for the late Supreme Court Justice.
See Nicholas Fandos, Scalia to Lie in Repose at Supreme Court, With Funeral on Saturday, The New York Times, February 16, 2016.
Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.
