The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will lie in repose on Friday in the Court’s Great Hall in Washington, with services to follow on Saturday, according to media reports.
The Court confirmed on Tuesday morning that Scalia’s former bench seat, as well as the Supreme Court bench and doors have been draped with traditional memorial black crepe. C-SPAN and ABC News then published images of the draping. The Court says the tradition dates back to the passing of Chief Justice Salmon Chase in 1873.
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The eight-remaining Justices will meet in private conference on Friday morning, and a ceremony bringing Scalia’s casket to the Great Hall will happen sometime on Friday. His services will be at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., family sources told NPR.
The last Justice to lie in repose at the Court was Chief Justice William Rehnquist in 2005. At the time, the Justices in attendance were on the Court’s steps as Rehnquist’s flag-draped casket was carried into the Hall. His former clerk, John G. Roberts, was a pallbearer. A public viewing then took place.
Rehnquist’s casket rested on the same catafalque used in Washington for President Abraham Lincoln’s viewing in 1865.
