Autopsy.

When a public servant dies in office, unexpectedly,
shouldn't the family oblige the people with an autopsy?  Especially if the "cause of death" was determined over the phone by interviewing people on the scene?

I get it.  It's inconvenient and uncomfortable for the family, shipping the body home and the wait and all.  But this man died as an active Supreme Court justices, in a private room in Texas on Valentine's weekend, alone.

If the family was concerned about his health, why was he travelling alone at 79?

And if they weren't concerned about his health, why would they object to the country respectfully requesting an autopsy to determine his cause of death?

C'mon Scalias... be bigger than that, and make it scientifically official.  If he wanted to die peacefully, at home, with no questions asked, he should have planned better and maybe even retired sooner.

Autopsy please.
I wouldn't want one performed on my father, but then he's not going to pass, alone, out of state, and have his death confirmed first by a stranger who opens the door, and then over the phone by a public official who could not be bothered to travel to the scene of death.

Also, my Dad isn't a Supreme Court justice in trying times -- this is the man who helped put Bush Jr. in office, overriding all of his iimportant federalist principles to reach that decision -- and he's not obese, or showing any signs of impending death.  Was Mr. Scalia?

Was he showing flu symptoms after travelling in, alone, to the ranch on Friday night?  What did he eat and drink after going along to watch the hunting party, and why didn't he participate in that night's activities?

If there's nothing to hide, why not be more open about the public servant's death?