Overview
- Only Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett attended the address in the House chamber.
- Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson did not attend.
- Days earlier, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 that President Trump’s sweeping tariff plan exceeded presidential authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
- Following the ruling, President Trump castigated the justices who opposed him, saying he was ashamed of certain members of the Court and questioning their courage.
- Attendance by justices is optional and has long been debated, with past criticism from Chief Justice Roberts about a 'political pep rally' atmosphere and renewed calls from opinion voices to end the tradition of judicial participation.