--- title: Justice Scalia: Politicians React to Justice's Passing description: The conservative Supreme Court Justice died at age 79 on Saturday canonical: https://time.com/4220671/justice-antonin-scalia-death-reactions-video/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-13T23:02:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T13:06:37.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Justice Scalia: Politicians React to Justice's Passing og:description: The conservative Supreme Court Justice died at age 79 on Saturday og:url: https://time.com/4220671/justice-antonin-scalia-death-reactions-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f9b940eb4220e68/69887d97cd1bba007d6ff6c5/antonin-scalia-dead-supreme-court-justice-06.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia visits Texas og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Justice Scalia: Politicians React to Justice's Passing twitter:description: The conservative Supreme Court Justice died at age 79 on Saturday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f9b940eb4220e68/69887d97cd1bba007d6ff6c5/antonin-scalia-dead-supreme-court-justice-06.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Supreme Court and Politicians React to the Death of Justice Antonin Scalia by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:06 PM UTCPublished: Feb 13, 2016 11:02 PM UTC  This Nov. 12, 2013 photo shows Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during the investiture of Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht at the Texas Capitol in Austin. This Nov. 12, 2013 photo shows Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during the investiture of Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht at the Texas Capitol in Austin.Bob Daemmrich—Corbis by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:06 PM UTCPublished: Feb 13, 2016 11:02 PM UTC The U.S. Marshal’s Service confirmed Saturday that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a Reagan appointee, [died at age 79](http://time.com/4220662/justice-antonin-scalia-dead-at-79/?2&xid=homepage). Known for his colorful dissents and [sharp sense of humor](http://time.com/4220692/antonin-scalia-biography/), Scalia served on the nation’s highest court for 34 years. As news broke that the court’s conservative mainstay had passed away, politicians across the U.S. released tweets and statements of condolences. White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz --- > “” --- Chief Justice John Roberts: --- > “” --- Former President George W. Bush > [](https://twitter.com/ABC/status/698641268327362560) Hillary Clinton > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/698675522956607488) Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont > [](https://twitter.com/betsy%5Fklein/status/698649135717728256) Sen. Harry Reid, Nevada > [](https://twitter.com/SenatorReid/status/698648288447234048) Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida > [](https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/698645281429196801) Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky > [](https://twitter.com/randpaul/status/698633471804059648) Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas > [](https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/698634625246195712) Donald Trump > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/698636369229385728) Sen. Chuck Schumer, New York > [](https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/698648675090833409) Sen. Dick Durbin > [](https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/698637067459244032) Michele Bachmann > [](https://twitter.com/MicheleBachmann/status/698642572575518720) David Axelrod > [](https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/698632283234963461) Jim DeMint > [](https://twitter.com/JimDeMint/status/698630620868640768) Gov. Matt Bevin > [](https://twitter.com/MattBevin/status/698630579521253377) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4220671/justice-antonin-scalia-death-reactions-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4220671/justice-antonin-scalia-death-reactions-video/"},"headline":"Supreme Court and Politicians React to the Death of Justice Antonin Scalia","datePublished":"2016-02-13T23:02:36.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T13:06:37.000Z","description":"The conservative Supreme Court Justice died at age 79","url":"https://time.com/4220671/justice-antonin-scalia-death-reactions-video/","keywords":["justice","Antonin Scalia topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f9b940eb4220e68/69887d97cd1bba007d6ff6c5/antonin-scalia-dead-supreme-court-justice-06.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f9b940eb4220e68/69887d97cd1bba007d6ff6c5/antonin-scalia-dead-supreme-court-justice-06.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia visits Texas","caption":"This Nov. 12, 2013 photo shows Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during the investiture of Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht at the Texas Capitol in Austin.","creditText":"Bob Daemmrich—Corbis","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4220671/justice-antonin-scalia-death-reactions-video/","name":"Supreme Court and Politicians React to the Death of Justice Antonin Scalia"}}]}] ```