MoreAntonin Scalia’s Lasting InfluenceHow Scalia’s Death Just Threw the Senate, the GOP and the Supreme Court in Dissarray When Associate Justice Antonin Scalia died in Texas on Saturday, Catholic Father Mike Alcuin in nearby Presidio was summoned to administer last rites. A devout Italian Catholic and a Ronald Reagan appointee, Scalia was one of the most conservative members of the bench, and he was known not just for his legal mind, but for his Catholic core.