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To the Surprise of No One, Obama to Skip Scalia Funeral

Posted: February 17, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Law & Justice, Mediasphere, Politics, White House | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |1 Comment

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President Barack Obama will not attend Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral on Saturday, the White House said Wednesday. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden will attend.

Obama and first lady Michelle Obama instead will go to the Supreme Court on Friday “to pay their respects to Justice Scalia” while the justice lies in repose in the Great Hall, press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Wednesday.

The most recent member of the Supreme Court to die was Chief Justice William Rehnquist in 2005. In that instance, President George W. Bush not only attended the funeral, he also eulogized Rehnquist…(read more)

Source: politico.com

One Comment on “To the Surprise of No One, Obama to Skip Scalia Funeral”

  1. Fr. Paul Lemmen says:
    February 17, 2016 at 1:37 pm

    Reblogged this on A Conservative Christian Man.

    Reply

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