Where is Antonin Scalia seated on the bench of the US Supreme Court?

Answer 1

Justice Scalia occupies seat 3, immediately to the left (viewer's right) of the Chief Justice of the United States, who always sits at the center of the bench. Justice Stevens, the most senior Associate Justice on the Court, occupies seat 2, on Chief Justice Roberts' right.

Justices are seated in order of seniority, with the Chief Justice always placed at the center (or at the head of the conference table). The Senior Associate Justice (the person with the longest tenure on the Court) always sits to the Chief Justice's immediate right; the second most senior member sits to the Chief Justice's immediate left. The other justices alternate right to left in a sequence determined by the length of time they've been on the bench, with the Junior Justice (the newest member) in seat 9, the farthest to the Chief Justice's left.

If Justice Stevens leaves the Court prior to Scalia, Justice Scalia will become the new Senior Associate Justice and will move from seat 3 to seat 2, migrating from Roberts' left to his right. Whenever a vacancy is filled, all the seats below the one left vacant advance one place, leaving seat 9 open for the incoming justice.

Answer 2

Antonin Scalia is no longer seated on the bench of the US Supreme Court. He served as an Associate Justice from 1986 until his death in 2016.