[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 2034-2035]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          LARGER THAN LIFE IN MEMORY OF JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA

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                           HON. PETE SESSIONS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 23, 2016

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in memory and in sorrow of 
the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, who was truly larger than life. 
He will go down in history as one of America's greatest Supreme Court 
Justices. He was a champion for freedom and the Constitution, a great 
family man and a devout man of faith. I submit this poem penned in his 
honor by Albert Carey Caswell.

      Larger,
      larger than life
      America's son,
      oh so very bright
      Antonin,
      for all of America you held the night
      As you stood with all of our best in America's light
      Same as all of our Forefathers in sight
      Who shone in liberty's sheen so very bright
      Of something which gleams into the night
      Of this our most beloved document seen of this sight
      Who'd the United States Constitution recite
      Which built this country,
      not out of luck or by circumstance
      But by the bedrock upon which all of us have advanced
      The very foundation upon which all of our freedoms so stand
      Of such consequence through the decades which commands
      To whether all of the storms,
      and battle all of tyranny in all of its forms
      For no other Nation in this entire world,
      has had such freedoms upon its citizens unfurled
      For you Justice Scalia,
      were but the guardian for all of our children and their 
           future world
      And even your detractors knew you were larger than life,
      while upon you their arguments they hurled
      As you stood there with sword in hand
      With your pen, your wit, your charm, and your mind to take 
           command
      All so freedom could stand
      For you had the gift,
      of all of your opponents respect and love as so was this
      If only we had more men like you in this world,
      who against such divisiveness could rise above like a pearl,
      then we'd have such the bliss
      And your greatest love of all,
      was that of your magnificent family we saw
      Of what you left behind,
      to spread out through time
      Your seeds of love to remind,
      that the gift of love and life are oh so very divine
      And just like our Forefathers you were a true man of God
      For the freedom to worship they stepped upon this very sod
      No other country across the world,
      has so been formed out of God
      And your two greatest reads,
      The Bible and The Constitution brought to your soul such 
           glee
      To arm you in the battle for all you would need
      Now Marshall and all of the greats,
      have another equal for history to so contemplate
      Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant you were my son in so many 
           ways
      Your written opinions and quest for justice,
      disarmed all of those arguments and held them at bey
      Indeed it's a very sad day
      For America's loss,
      comes at such a high cost
      Because such men like you Antonin are larger than life,
      and keep all of our freedom's burning bright
      As our world just got little bit darker this night
      We pray that America too will follow your light
      Supreme,
      at the top,
      as into the future upon lips of lawyers and law students,

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      your name shall never stop
      Rest
      Rest my son
      Rise up to heaven Antonin where you so belong
      As an Angel in The Army of our Lord so very strong
      To watch over us you American song
      And larger than life,
      and your memory will ever live on
      God Bless you America's son,
      as you did her the day you were born
      Amen

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