Trump stopped to greet Roberts, shaking his hand and speaking with him as Roberts stood stone-faced. ADRoberts’ predecessor, Chief Justice William Rehnquist, was not present for the State of the Union speech President Bill Clinton delivered during his Senate impeachment trial in 1999. ADThree other justices, Elena Kagan and Trump appointees Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, joined Roberts Tuesday. It is common for justices to be present for speeches by the president who chose them. Justice Stephen Breyer often attends, but he is traveling and has flu-like symptoms that prevented him from returning to Washington for the speech, the court said.

Source: Washington Post February 05, 2020 02:26 UTC