Justices can find these speeches to Congress to be a trial.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. attends the State of the Union address, despite finding it to be a “political pep rally” and expressing discomfort with the event’s partisan atmosphere. He is joined by fellow Justices Kavanaugh, Barrett, Kagan, and Kennedy. Roberts and other justices, such as Thomas and Alito, have criticized the event as political and stressful, with Roberts stating the justices must remain expressionless and only applaud occasionally to avoid appearing partisan.

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