It's because our country has been under mob rule since the summer marxist groups like BLM and pantifa. Not a single one of these supreme courts wanted their cities to burn if they made a ruling that would flip the state to Trump. That's the only reason.
Maybe someone can clarify protocol here, but this was on the way into the inauguration. Technically, he wasn't commander-in-chief, so would he still salute those Marines?
An obituary almost never says how the person died.