February 20
18:36
2016
Washington's elite put political differences aside on Saturday as thousands gathered to pay final respects to US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, whose death last week ignited a fierce battle over his successor. Vice President Joe Biden and the court's Chief Justice John Roberts led a distinguished group of officials, dignitaries and family friends in attendance at the funeral mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Scalia — a conservative icon — was a devout and tradition-bound Catholic.
