Photos: Washington Pays Tribute To Antonin Scalia

Obama and first lady Michelle Obama pay their respects to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia as two of Scalia's former law clerks stand near the casket. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Obama and first lady Michelle Obama pay their respects to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia as two of Scalia's former law clerks stand near the casket. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Andrew Breiner
Posted February 19, 2016 at 6:24pm

Justice Antonin Scalia’s body lies in repose Friday at the Supreme Court, where he served as justice for nearly 30 years, before his funeral on Saturday. Members of the public began lining up before dawn to file past the flag-draped casket and  pay their respects.  

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama were among the many public figures who passed through the Supreme Court’s Great Hall. Read Roll Call’s full coverage of the day’s events .  

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 19: The casket containing the body of Justice Antonin Scalia, who passed away over the weekend, is carried into the Supreme Court to lie repose, February 19, 2016, before his burial tomorrow. His former law clerks served as honorary pallbearers. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Scalia's casket is carried into the Supreme Court. Former law clerks line the stairs. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 19: Pallbearers carry the body of Justice Antonin Scalia into the Supreme Court where his body will lie in repose, February 19, 2016, ahead of his burial tomorrow. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Members of the Supreme Court police force acted as pallbearers. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - FEB. 19 - Members of the public pass through the Great Hall of the Supreme Court as they pay their respects to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, in Washington, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. (Photo By Al Drago/CQ Roll Call)
Members of the public pass through the Great Hall of the Supreme Court as they pay their respects. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call)
The family of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia take their seats as Supreme Court Justices stand for a private ceremony in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, where Scalia will lie in repose. From back left are Counselor to the Chief Justice Jeffrey Minear, and Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan, Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Clarence Thomas, Stephen G. Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
Scalia's family take their seats as Supreme Court justices stand during a private ceremony. From back left are counselor to the chief justice Jeffrey Minear, and Supreme Court justices Elena Kagan, Samuel Alito, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Clarence Thomas, Stephen G. Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP/Pool)

All eight current Supreme Court justices were in attendance.  

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 19: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama view a portrait of the late Justice Antonin Scalia as he lies in repose in the Supreme Court, February 19, 2016, ahead of his burial tomorrow. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Obama and the first lady view a portrait of Scalia, which was placed near his casket. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)


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