A long line of mourners have queued up to pay their respects to late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, whose body is now lying in repose at the Great Hall of the Supreme Court. The other justices and President Obama are among those who will say farewell to Scalia today.
Parts of the observances will be open to the public. A private ceremony was slated to begin at 9:30 a.m. ET, with members of the public allowed into the hall at 10:30 a.m. Visitors will be allowed into the hall until 8 p.m.
Just before 9:30 a.m., an honor guard at the Supreme Court led Scalia’s former law clerks, who are acting as honorary pallbearers, between rows of mourners as they left the Great Hall to meet Scalia’s casket.
Eight Supreme Court police officers serving as pallbearers then carried the casket, draped in a U.S. flag, from a funeral home limousine up the stairs and into the building. They carried the casket past the Supreme Court justices before placing it on the Lincoln Catafalque in the hall.
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