02-18-2016, 12:12 PM
(02-18-2016, 10:13 AM)ColoradoTree link Wrote:I was curious about whether this was common, and per Above the Law (http://abovethelaw.com/2016/02/obama-to-...overreact/), this seems to be the breakdown:
2016 (Justice Scalia): Vice President Biden will attend in the President's place.
2005 (Chief Justice Rehnquist): President George W. Bush attended.
2002 (Justice White): Neither President Bush nor Vice President Cheney attended.
1999 (Justice Blackmun): Neither President Clinton nor Vice President Gore attended.
1998 (Justice Powell):Â Neither President Clinton nor Vice President Gore attended.
1997 (Justice Brennan): President Clinton attended.
1995 (Chief Justice Burger): President Clinton attended.
1993 (Justice Marshall): Vice President Gore attended in the President's place.
interesting that of the 8 only Scalia and Rehnquist died while in office
Eric
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