Chief Justice Confirms Antonin Scalia’s Death: ‘His Passing Is A Great Loss’

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, right, and Associate Justice Antonin Scalia attend the funeral of former President Gerald Ford in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Chief Justice John Roberts released a statement Saturday confirming reports of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death. Roberts called Scalia’s passing a “great loss.”

Scalia reportedly died in his sleep while on a hunting trip in west Texas.