Nation Pays Respects to Justice Antonin Scalia in Supreme Court's Grand Hall

By Corky Siemaszko

The Supreme Court, which was often divided during Justice Antonin Scalia's tenure, was united Friday in grief over his passing.

The flag-draped mahogany casket of Scalia, who died last Saturday at age 79, was carried by eight Supreme Court police officers into the Great Hall of the Supreme Court building through a somber line of dark suit-clad law clerks who once worked with the Justice.

They were followed by a dozen honorary pallbearers — all former law clerks.

It was the start of two days of official mourning for the sometimes cantankerous — and always colorful — conservative justice who served on the nation's highest court for nearly three decades. 

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Source: NBC News