Editing Antonin Scalia (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Office of the Secretary - Swearing-In for Gene Scalia, Solicitor of Labor - DPLA - 374048e74a473440a8563df65b0c6f22.jpg|thumb|Scalia (''left'') at the swearing-in of his son, [[Eugene Scalia]], as Solicitor of Labor on February 25, 2002]]

On September 10, 1960<!--possibly November 10-->, Scalia married Maureen McCarthy at St. Pius X church in [[Yarmouth, Massachusetts]].<ref name="pius" /> The two had met on a blind date while he was at Harvard Law School. Maureen was <!--implies she no longer was when they met; is that true? source is clear she was a student at the time--> an undergraduate student at [[Radcliffe College]] when they met; she subsequently<!--to their meeting, or marriage? Radcliffe prohibited its students from marrying for a long time--> obtained a degree in English from the school.{{sfn|Biskupic|2009|pp=30–31}}

The Scalias had five sons and four daughters.{{sfn|Biskupic|2009|p=361}} Two of their sons, [[Eugene Scalia]] and John Scalia, became attorneys,<ref name="growing" /> with Eugene later becoming [[Secretary of Labor]] in the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 26, 2019 |title=Senate confirms Eugene Scalia as labor secretary, succeeding Alex Acosta who resigned in July amid outcry over Epstein plea deal |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-poised-to-confirm-eugene-scalia-as-labor-secretary/2019/09/26/5ff2bfe2-e067-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926212738/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-poised-to-confirm-eugene-scalia-as-labor-secretary/2019/09/26/5ff2bfe2-e067-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html |archive-date=September 26, 2019 |access-date=September 26, 2019 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 26, 2019 |title=Senate Confirms Eugene Scalia as Labor Secretary |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-confirms-eugene-scalia-as-labor-secretary-11569522438 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926214545/https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-confirms-eugene-scalia-as-labor-secretary-11569522438 |archive-date=September 26, 2019 |access-date=September 26, 2019 |website=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> Paul Scalia became a Catholic priest, Matthew Scalia had a military career, and Christopher Scalia became a writer. All four Scalia daughters—Catherine, Ann, Margaret, and Mary—have families. According to Scalia, Maureen raised all nine children "with very little assistance from me".<ref name="growing">{{Cite magazine |last=Melissa Chan |date=February 16, 2016 |title=Antonin Scalia: Growing Up With The Supreme Court Justice |url=https://time.com/4226411/antonin-scalia-family-children/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219190704/http://time.com/4226411/antonin-scalia-family-children/ |archive-date=February 19, 2016 |access-date=February 19, 2016 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> The family resided in [[McLean, Virginia]], a suburb of Washington, D.C.{{sfn|Biskupic|2009|p=211}}

Scalia enjoyed a warm friendship with fellow justice [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]], considered a member of the court's liberal wing, with the two attending the opera together and appearing together onstage as [[Supernumerary actor|supernumeraries]] in [[Washington National Opera]]'s 1994 production of ''[[Ariadne auf Naxos]]''.<ref name="auf" /> Ginsburg was a colleague of Scalia on the D.C. Circuit, and the Scalias and Ginsburgs had dinner together every New Year's Eve.{{sfn|Biskupic|2009|p=88}}

Scalia also enjoyed a friendship with fellow Justice [[Elena Kagan]], also considered a member of the court's liberal wing. When Justice [[David Souter]] retired, Scalia told [[David Axelrod (political consultant)|David Axelrod]], an adviser to then-President [[Barack Obama]], that he hoped that Obama would nominate Kagan to replace him. While Obama nominated [[Sonia Sotomayor]] instead, a year later when Justice [[John Paul Stevens]] retired, Obama nominated Kagan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Axelrod |first=David |date=February 14, 2016 |title=David Axelrod: A surprise request from Justice Scalia |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/14/opinions/david-axelrod-surprise-request-from-justice-scalia/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617204706/https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/14/opinions/david-axelrod-surprise-request-from-justice-scalia/index.html |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |access-date=June 15, 2020 |website=CNN}}</ref> An avid hunter, Scalia taught Justice Kagan how to hunt; the two hunted ducks, birds, deer and antelope together.<ref name="Death">{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Allan B. |date=March 8, 2019 |title=Medical mystery: Could Supreme Court justice's death have been prevented? |url=https://www.philly.com/health/antonin-scalia-cause-of-death-sleep-apnea-20190308.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108153021/https://www.inquirer.com/health/antonin-scalia-cause-of-death-sleep-apnea-20190308.html |archive-date=November 8, 2021 |access-date=May 23, 2019 |website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]}}</ref><ref name="Hunting_Buddies">{{bulleted list |{{Cite web |last=Eaton, Elizabeth S |date=August 31, 2016 |title=Justice Elena Kagan talks about her warm relationship with her late colleague Antonin Scalia |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2016/08/31/supreme-court-justice-elena-kagan-antonin-scalia/89676192/ |website=[[AZCentral]] }} |{{cite magazine|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/06/justice-kagan-and-justice-scalia-are-hunting-buddies-really/277401/|title=Justice Kagan and Justice Scalia Are Hunting Buddies – Really|first=Garance|last=Franke-Ruta|date=June 30, 2013|magazine=[[The Atlantic]]|access-date=May 23, 2019|archive-date=December 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208124356/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/06/justice-kagan-and-justice-scalia-are-hunting-buddies-really/277401/|url-status=live}}}}</ref>

===Death and funeral===
<!-- Do NOT add unnecessary detail from "eyewitness" accounts, without gaining consensus on the talk page first. - User:Coffee (admin) -->[[File:Justice Scalia.jpg|thumb|Scalia's gravesite at [[Fairfax Memorial Park]]]]
Scalia died in his sleep<ref name="NYT-20160213-al">{{Citation |last=Liptak |first=Adam |title=Justice Antonin Scalia, Who Led a Conservative Renaissance on the Supreme Court, Is Dead at 79 |date=February 13, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/us/antonin-scalia-death.html |access-date=February 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218013819/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/us/antonin-scalia-death.html |archive-date=February 18, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> at age 79. His body was discovered on the morning of February 13, 2016, in his room<ref name="WashingtonPost">{{Cite news |last1=Straub |first1=Lana |last2=Moravec |first2=Eva Ruth |last3=Horwitz |first3=Sari |last4=Markon |first4=Jerry |date=February 14, 2016 |title=The death of Antonin Scalia: Chaos, confusion and conflicting reports |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/texas-tv-station-scalia-died-of-a-heart-attack/2016/02/14/938e2170-d332-11e5-9823-02b905009f99_story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215002715/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/texas-tv-station-scalia-died-of-a-heart-attack/2016/02/14/938e2170-d332-11e5-9823-02b905009f99_story.html |archive-date=February 15, 2016 |access-date=February 14, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> at [[Cibolo Creek Ranch]], near [[Shafter, Texas]] in [[Presidio County, Texas]].<ref>{{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/article/religion-elections-courts-presidential-elections-gun-politics-0a5453e54bb848fd8858124e7a80dfec|title = Justice Antonin Scalia dead at 79|last = Sherman|first = Mark|date = February 13, 2016|accessdate = September 8, 2024|work = [[Associated Press]]|quote = A gray hearse was seen at the entrance to the Cibolo Creek Ranch, near Shafter}}</ref> He had gone [[quail]] hunting the afternoon before, and then dined as the guest of [[John B. Poindexter]], owner of the ranch.<ref name="usatodaywildlife">{{Cite news |last1=Abramson |first1=Ben |last2=Bacon |first2=John |date=February 14, 2016 |title=Cibolo Creek Ranch: Wildlife, movie sets, luxury |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/hotels/2016/02/13/cibolo-creek-ranch-resort-texas/80356210/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214173551/http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/hotels/2016/02/13/cibolo-creek-ranch-resort-texas/80356210/ |archive-date=February 14, 2016 |access-date=February 14, 2016 |work=USA Today}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last1=Berman |first1=Mark |title=Why Justice Scalia was staying for free at a Texas resort |date=February 17, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/02/17/justice-scalias-death-and-questions-about-who-pays-for-supreme-court-justices-to-visit-remote-resorts/ |access-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624001801/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/02/17/justice-scalias-death-and-questions-about-who-pays-for-supreme-court-justices-to-visit-remote-resorts/ |archive-date=June 24, 2017 |url-status=live |last2=Markon |first2=Jerry}}</ref> After Poindexter discovered the body, he called the [[Presidio County, Texas|Presidio County]] sheriff's department to ask for the number of the [[U.S. Marshals Service]] to report a death.  Poindexter was reluctant to say who had died to Sheriff Danny Dominguez. Dominguez had the Marshal's Service call the ranch owner, and both the marshals and the sheriff went to the ranch, where they were shown Scalia's body. Dominguez instructed his office to call local [[justice of the peace]] Juanita Bishop, but she was out of town.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 23, 2016 |title=Presidio County Sheriff's Office Report on Justice Antonin Scalia's death. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/apps/g/page/politics/presidio-county-sheriffs-office-report-on-justice-antonin-scalias-death/1968/?tid=a_inl |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510083413/https://www.washingtonpost.com/apps/g/page/politics/presidio-county-sheriffs-office-report-on-justice-antonin-scalias-death/1968/?tid=a_inl |archive-date=May 10, 2020 |access-date=September 20, 2019 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

[[County judge]] Cinderela Guevara pronounced Scalia dead of [[Death by natural causes|natural causes]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 15, 2016 |title=Texas judge disclosed details about Scalia's health |url=https://apnews.com/507b286c0caf4dbab00c245119f66e5d |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920163647/https://apnews.com/507b286c0caf4dbab00c245119f66e5d |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |access-date=September 20, 2019 |website=The Big Story |language=en-US}}</ref> She did not see the body, which under Texas law is not required, nor did she order an autopsy.<ref name="WashingtonPost" />  Bishop, as well as David Beebe, another justice of the peace, later disagreed with the decision not to order an autopsy for Scalia. Guevara, who conferred by telephone with Scalia's physician, stated that she made the determination to pronounce Scalia dead from natural causes after being told by county sheriff Dominguez on the scene that "there were no signs of foul play" and that Scalia "was having health issues".<ref name="WashingtonPost" /><ref name="NPR">{{Cite news |last=Michael |first=Tom |date=February 14, 2016 |title=The Trials Of Pronouncing Antonin Scalia Dead In West Texas |url=http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/14/466745476/the-trials-of-pronouncing-antonin-scalia-dead-in-west-texas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920163658/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/14/466745476/the-trials-of-pronouncing-antonin-scalia-dead-in-west-texas |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |access-date=September 20, 2019 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref> Scalia's physician, Rear Admiral [[Brian Monahan|Brian P. Monahan]], told her Scalia had a history of heart trouble, including high blood pressure, and was recently deemed too weak to undergo surgery for a torn [[rotator cuff]].<ref name="Hananel15Feb">{{Cite news |last1=Hananel |first1=Sam |last2=Warren |first2=David |date=February 15, 2016 |title=Texas Judge Disclosed Details About Scalia's Health |url=https://apnews.com/507b286c0caf4dbab00c245119f66e5d |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920163647/https://apnews.com/507b286c0caf4dbab00c245119f66e5d |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |access-date=September 20, 2019 |work=Associated Press}}</ref><ref name="Warren23Feb">{{Cite news |last=Warren |first=Brian |date=February 23, 2016 |title=Scalia suffered from many health problems |url=https://www.apnews.com/a625688daed3426781d4385f4b7af5e4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920164111/https://www.apnews.com/a625688daed3426781d4385f4b7af5e4 |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |access-date=September 20, 2019 |work=Associated Press}}</ref> According to Sunset Funeral Home director Chris Lujan, Scalia's family also declined to have an autopsy performed after his body was transferred to his [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]] funeral home, prior to its return to [[Fairfax, Virginia]].<ref name="Fiske14Feb">{{Cite news |last=Hennessy-Fiske |first=Molly |date=February 14, 2016 |title=Scalia's last moments on a Texas ranch – quail hunting to being found in 'perfect repose' |url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-scalia-ranch-20160214-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218033658/http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-scalia-ranch-20160214-story.html |archive-date=February 18, 2016 |access-date=September 20, 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

''[[Kansas v. Carr]]'' (2016) was the last [[majority opinion]] written by Justice Scalia before his death in February 2016, though his last [[dissenting opinion]] was in ''[[FERC v. Electric Power Supply Ass'n|FERC v. Electric Power Supply Association]]'' (2016).<ref name="Walsh">{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Mark |date=February 22, 2016 |title=A "view" from the Courtroom: The Justices return to a black and gray bench |url=https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/02/a-view-from-the-courtroom-the-justices-return-to-a-black-and-gray-bench/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108133346/https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/02/a-view-from-the-courtroom-the-justices-return-to-a-black-and-gray-bench/ |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |access-date=March 27, 2022 |website=[[SCOTUSblog]]}}</ref> Following his death, Scalia [[Lying in repose|lay in repose]] in the Great Hall of the [[United States Supreme Court Building]] on February 19, 2016.<ref name="NPR20">{{Cite news |last=Chappell |first=Bill |date=February 19, 2016 |title=Antonin Scalia Lies In Repose As Mourners Pay Respects At Supreme Court |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/19/467339863/antonin-scalias-coffin-is-placed-in-the-supreme-courts-great-hall |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005032644/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/19/467339863/antonin-scalias-coffin-is-placed-in-the-supreme-courts-great-hall |archive-date=October 5, 2020 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |work=National Public Radio}}</ref> Scalia's son, [[Father (religious)|Father]] Paul Scalia, celebrated a Catholic [[Requiem|funeral Mass]] and delivered the homily on February 20, 2016, at the [[Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception]] in Washington, D.C.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news |last=Phelps |first=Jordyn |date=February 20, 2016 |title=Thousands Attend Funeral Mass for Late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/funeral-burial-justice-antonin-scalia-takes-place-today/story?id=37056619 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603224937/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/funeral-burial-justice-antonin-scalia-takes-place-today/story?id=37056619 |archive-date=June 3, 2016 |access-date=May 24, 2016 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref> The Obama administration was represented at the funeral by Vice President [[Joe Biden]]; President [[Barack Obama]] did not attend.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hurley |first=Lawrence |date=February 20, 2016 |title=Obama, justices pay respects to Scalia |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-scalia-idUSKCN0VS0DP |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505220529/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-scalia-idUSKCN0VS0DP |archive-date=May 5, 2019 |access-date=May 23, 2019 |work=Reuters |via=www.reuters.com}}</ref> Scalia's remains were interred at a private ceremony at [[Fairfax Memorial Park]] in [[Fairfax, Virginia]].<ref name="auto1" /><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Dickinson |first1=Tim |title=New Senate Report Decries Conflicts and Corruption at Supreme Court |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/new-senate-report-conflicts-corruption-supreme-court-1235213965/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=21 December 2024}}</ref>

==== Conspiracy theories ====
The circumstances surrounding Scalia's death prompted conspiracy theories alleging that he may have been murdered.<ref name=skipping/> These conspiracy theories were stimulated by Guevara's decision not to conduct an autopsy and her pronouncement of Scalia's death by a phone call, as well as by Scalia's refusal of a [[United States Marshals Service]] security detail, uncertainty over the precise cause of Scalia's death, and Poindexter's initial assertion that he found Scalia in bed with a pillow over his head. Poindexter later clarified that the pillow was in between Scalia's head and the bed's headboard, not over his face.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hackman |first=Michelle |date=February 15, 2016 |title=Why nutty conspiracy theories on Antonin Scalia's death are already surfacing |url=https://www.vox.com/2016/2/15/11002168/scalia-death-conspiracy |access-date=April 12, 2022 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> The conspiracy theory was promoted by William Ritchie, a former head of criminal investigations for the [[Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia]], and by [[Alex Jones]], a far-right talk show host.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Justice Antonin Scalia's Death Attracts Conspiracy Theorists |url=https://time.com/4224853/conspiracy-theories-scalia-death/ |access-date=April 12, 2022 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Conspiracy theories swirl around the death of Antonin Scalia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/02/15/conspiracy-theories-swirl-around-the-death-of-antonin-scalia/ |access-date=April 12, 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Garrett |first=R. Kelly |date=February 22, 2016 |title=Making sense of the Scalia conspiracy theory |url=https://theconversation.com/making-sense-of-the-scalia-conspiracy-theory-55083 |access-date=April 12, 2022 |website=The Conversation |language=en}}</ref> [[Donald Trump]], then a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, referenced the homicide allegations on [[Michael Savage]]'s radio show ''[[The Savage Nation]]'', saying that "they say they found a pillow on his face, which is a pretty unusual place to find a pillow."<ref name="skipping">{{Cite web |last=Krieg |first=Gregory |date=February 16, 2016 |title=Skipping Scalia autopsy spawns conspiracy theories {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/16/politics/antonin-scalia-autopsy-death-conspiracy-theories/index.html |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> [[Eugene Scalia]] rejected the theories, saying that "our family just has no doubt that he was taken from us by natural causes."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutt |first=Jennifer |date=February 17, 2016 |title=Scalia's son rejects conspiracy theories about father's death |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/scalia-death-conspiracy-theories-family-reaction-219376 |access-date=April 12, 2022 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref>