18 Feb 16

Greta’s ‘Off the Record’ comment to ‘On the Record’ viewers: Why isn’t Obama attending Justice Scalia’s funeral on Saturday. The American public deserves an explanation. Let’s hope the reason isn’t politics?

Just because I believe in freedom of speech I am including this & I do NOT agree with everything below, but here it is:

President Barack Obama announced today that he will not be attending Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral on Saturday. This announcement has caused an uproar among conservatives, who feel that it’s a huge sign of disrespect for a president to not attend a Supreme Court Justice’s funeral. The last Supreme Court Justice who died while in office was Chief Justice William Rehnquist in 2005, whose funeral Former President George W. Bush attended. But they also shared ideologies.

President Obama has decided not to attend Scalia’s funeral, but he and Michelle Obama will pay their respects while Scalia is lying in repose at the Supreme Court on Friday instead, NBC News reported. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will attend Scalia’s funeral in the President’s place.

When asked why Obama won’t be attending the funeral, the White House press secretary, Josh Earnest, didn’t provide a clear response. He just said, “The president will pay his respects at the Supreme Court on Friday and he’ll be joined by the first lady.” He added that Obama wants to honor Scalia’s life and service and believes that is important. The President hasn’t given a good or clear reason why he won’t be attending. It’s unclear what else is on his schedule on Saturday that might be conflicting with the funeral.

Obama and Republicans are at odds right now because Obama has said he will appoint a new Justice while he’s still in office. Republicans have vowed to fight that appointment.

Presidents don’t always attend a Supreme Court Justice’s funeral. According to NBC News, only three out of the past seven Supreme Court justice funerals were attended by the President. When Bill Clinton was President, he attended two Supreme Court Justice funerals, but did not attend three others. He was present at former Chief Justice Warren E. Burger’s and Justice William Brennan’s funerals. He did not attend Justices Harry Blackmun or Lewis F. Powell Jr.’s funerals, or Justice Thurgood Marshall’s. Former Vice President Al Gore did attend Marshall’s funeral. Former President George W. Bush did not attend Justice Byron White’s funeral.

However, attending a sitting Justice’s funeral is viewed by some as being completely different in significance. According to Townhall, this may be the first time in the last 65 years that a current president skipped the funeral of a sitting Justice, although early records are not completely clear. Scalia is the only justice to have died in office since Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who passed away in 2005. Bush attended Rehnquist’s funeral and said the eulogy. When Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson died in 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower was photographed at his funeral.

Historically, Presidents’ decisions on attending Justices’ funerals only sometimes seem to be connected to their political leanings. Burger was known to be a conservative, but his court made some liberal decisions while he was Chief Justice, and Clinton, a Democrat, attended his funeral but did not attend the funeral of Democrat Thurgood Marshall, for example. Blackmun was a Republican who became one of the most liberal justices on the Court, and neither Clinton nor Gore attended his funeral either. There doesn’t seem to be a clear pattern as far as Presidents’ decisions about whether or not to attend a Supreme Court Justice’s funeral.

Conservatives Are Outraged at the President’s Decision

Conservatives are expressing outrage over Obama’s decision. Many believe it’s in bad form to not attend a sitting Justice’s funeral, especially since very few Justices die while they are still on the bench. Meanwhile, others are saying that if Obama didn’t personally spend time with Scalia, he shouldn’t be expected to attend the funeral. Opinions vary widely about his decision.  SOURCE

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