Roberts Likely to Lead Six Justices at Obama Speech
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The U.S. Supreme Court indicated that Chief Justice John Roberts will attend President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, ensuring a bipartisan delegation at an event that last year drew the justices into a political controversy.
Kathy Arberg, the Supreme Court’s spokeswoman, said six of the nine justices plan to go tonight. Though she wouldn’t provide the names, Justice Samuel Alito is in Hawaii and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas previously all but ruled out attending.