Four of the Supreme Court’s nine justices were absent at the State of the Union address tonight, continuing a long-standing pattern of spotty attendance by members of the court.
Three of the justices who did not attend—conservative justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito Jr.—have made statements in the past explaining why they feel it is inappropriate or uncomfortable to attend.
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