Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dead at the age of 79. Scalia was the longest serving justice of the Current Supreme Court and its conservative. Paula reid is in washington with the latest tonight. Good evening, paula. Reporter i cant hear the broadcast. Has it started . Axelrod were having a little trouble with paula right now. This evening, chief Justice John Roberts released a statement saying scalia was an extraordinary individual and jurist who was admired and treasured by his colleagues. Roberts added, scalias passing is a great loss to the court and to the country he served. Among Justice Scalias most important decisions, he cast a crucial vote in bush v. Gore george w. Bush president in opposition to the perspectives of colleagues like justices ginsberg, and kagan, he was held in high esteem by them. We will pring in our chief legal correspondent, jan crawford right now. Jan, the Supreme Court is scheduled to go back into session a week from monday, so how does the court m
Paula reid is in washington with the latest tonight. Good evening, paula. Reporter i cant hear the broadcast. Has it started . Axelrod were having a little trouble with paula right now. This evening, chief Justice John Roberts released a statement saying scalia was an extraordinary individual and jurist who was admired and treasured by his colleagues. Roberts added, scalias passing is a great loss to the court and to the country he served. Among Justice Scalias most important decisions, he cast a crucial vote in bush v. Gore the case, of course, that made george w. Bush president in 2000, despite his ideological opposition to the perspectives of colleagues like justices ginsberg, and kagan, he was held in high esteem by them. We will pring in our chief legal right now. Jan, the Supreme Court is scheduled to go back into session a week from monday, so how does the court move forward . Reporter i mean, i think thats one of those almost unimaginable questions. When you think about that se
This is the cbs evening news. Im jim axelrod. We begin with breaking news. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dead at the age of 79. Scalia was the longest serving justice of the Current Supreme Court and its conservative. Paula reid is in washington with the latest tonight. Good evening, paula. Reporter i cant hear the broadcast. Has it started . Axelrod were having a little trouble with paula right now. This evening, chief Justice John Roberts released a statement saying scalia was an extraordinary individual and jurist who was admired and treasured by his colleagues. Roberts added, scalias passing is a great loss to the court and to the country he served. Among Justice Scalias most crucial vote in bush v. Gore the case, of course, that made george w. Bush president in 2000, despite his ideological opposition to the perspectives of colleagues like justices ginsberg, and kagan, he was held in high esteem by them. We will pring in our chief legal correspondent, jan crawford right now
Scalia was the longest serving justice of the Current Supreme Court and its conservative. Paula reid is in washington with the latest tonight. Good evening, paula. Reporter i cant hear the broadcast. Has it started . Axelrod were having a little trouble with paula right now. This evening, chief Justice John Roberts released a statement saying scalia was an extraordinary individual and jurist who was admired and treasured by his colleagues. Roberts added, scalias passing is a great loss to the court and to the country he served. Among Justice Scalias most important decisions, he cast a crucial vote in bush v. Gore the case, of course, that made george w. Bush president in 2000, despite his ideological opposition to the perspectives of ginsberg, and kagan, he was held in high esteem by them. We will pring in our chief legal correspondent, jan crawford right now. Jan, the Supreme Court is scheduled to go back into session a week from monday, so how does the court move forward . Reporter i
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