Court building closed two days
on Sep 5, 2005 at 8:33 pm
The Supreme Court announced Monday that its building “will be closed to all but official business” on Tuesday and Wednesday, during funeral observances for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.
The announcement included these details about the observances:
“Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist will lie in repose in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court of the United States Tuesday, Sept. 6 and Wednesday, Sept. 7. The public is invited to pay respects from 10:30 a.m. until 10 p.m. on Sept. 6 and from 10 a.m. until noon on Sept. 7.
“The arrival of the Chief Justice’s casket at the Court at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, is open to press coverage…The casket will be placed in the Great Hall on the Lincoln Catafalque, which has been loaned to the Court by the U.S. Congress for the ceremony. A 1994 portrait of the Chief Justice by Thomas Loepp will be on display. After the Justices, followed by the Court staff, pay their respects, the doors will be open to the public. Pallbearers will include former law clerks to the Chief Justice…Public may line up on the sidewalk in front of the Court and will be admitted to the building via the front steps. The line will form down First Street NE, towards Independence Avenue…
“Television coverage will be provided by C-SPAN…”
