Via Reuters:
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s memorial service on Saturday was expected to be attended by scores of U.S. political leaders, who will put aside for the moment their battle over his succession.
Justice Clarence Thomas was slated to read from the Bible at the service, under the blue-domed Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the nation’s largest Catholic church.
Scheduled to attend were the Scalia family, members of Congress, the court’s remaining eight justices, Vice President Joseph Biden and many others.
A staunch conservative and the court’s longest-serving member, Scalia died last Saturday at age 79 at a Texas hunting resort, triggering a political struggle that promises to reshape the 2016 election campaigns.
Presidential candidate Ted Cruz, a Republican senator from Texas, was among those expected to attend the service. Like other Republicans, Cruz has said that President Barack Obama, a Democrat, should not name Scalia’s replacement.