By Randy DeSoto. The oldest son of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia believes his father died of natural causes.

“Our family just has no doubt that he was taken from us by natural causes,” Eugene Scalia, 52, said on the Laura Ingraham radio show on Wednesday. “We accept that. We’re praying for him. We ask others to accept that and pray for him.”

Scalia, who is an attorney, understands why people would have a hard time wrapping their minds around his father’s sudden passing.

Scalia is one of nine children the late justice had with his wife of fifty-five years, Maureen. “Everybody loses their dad at some point,” the oldest son observed. “And I feel blessed that it’s not just the family who feels that he was great, but that there are millions of people who feel that and so many, like you, who are honoring it.”

Eugene told Laura Ingraham that his mother is a strong woman who is holding up well. “I don’t know that the Lord could design a better support network,” he said. That includes “a built-in priest,” the justice’s son, Paul.

Justice Scalia, who was a devout Catholic, joked during an interview that Eugene and his other sons were relieved when Paul decided to “take one for the team” and become a priest. (Read more from “Antonin Scalia’s Son Just Revealed What He Thinks Caused His Father’s Death” HERE)

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Scalia’s Son Calls the Conspiracy Theories About His Dad’s Death a ‘Hurtful Distraction’

By Allan Smith. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s eldest son is slamming the wild conspiracy theories about his father’s death on Saturday at the age of 79.

“It’s, I think, a distraction from a great man and his legacy at a time when there’s so much to be said about that and to help people even more fully appreciate that,” Eugene Scalia said on Laura Ingraham’s radio show Wednesday. “And, on a personal level, I think it’s a bit of a hurtful distraction for a family that’s mourning.”

He added that his father “would have been the first to tell you … that we’re from dust, we return to dust, your life could be taken from you at any instant.”

“He lived this incredibly full and active life,” he continued. “But I knew, and he knew, that he was at a place in life where he could be taken from this world at any time.” (Read more from “Scalia’s Son Calls the Conspiracy Theories About His Dad’s Death a ‘Hurtful Distraction'” HERE)

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Photo Credit: IJReview.com The GOP debate in South Carolina is being talked about as one of the most raucous events of the season so far. But tongues are also wagging about what Donald Trump did — or more precisely for what he didn’t do — during the moment of silence for deceased judge Antonin Scalia.

As the debate started the CBS moderator asked the candidates to observe a moment of silence for Supreme Court Justice and conservative giant Antonin Scalia who had died that morning. As a sign of respect, all the GOP candidates bowed his head during the moment of silence. Marco Rubio even made the sign of the cross in memorial to the fallen judge.

All the candidates bowed their heads — that is, but one…

Notice in the video Donald Trump doesn’t bow his head, nor does he even seem to close his eyes. Trump stands ram-rod straight with his head raised high . . .

Some are saying it was arrogant and disrespectful for Trump not to bow his head. Others don’t seem to care . . .

As for the rest of the debate, it was one rowdy event, for sure. With a crowd that hooted and hollered at the candidates, not to mention the candidates themselves repeatedly calling each other a liar, it was quite an affair. (Read more from “Watch: One Thing During GOP Debate’s Moment of Silence for Justice Scalia Had Some Viewers Outraged” HERE)

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