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5 Supreme Court justices skip Trump State of the Union after key tariff ruling

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A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court’s justices were absent from President Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address Tuesday night — a conspicuous move coming just days after the high court struck down his signature global tariff policy.Only Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Associate Justices Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett attended the speech. Justices Samuel Alito., Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson were not present.The absences followed a 6–3 Supreme Court decision ruling that Trump’s sweeping tariff plan exceeded preside...

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