Only six of the 9 justices will attend the State of the Union speech tonight.

[napi21]

•Six of the nine Supreme Court justices are expected to attend tonight's State of the Union address, per NBC's Pete Williams. The three who will sit it this year out are Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito. Alito made headlines in 2010 for mouthing "not true" when the president criticized the court's ruling on corporate campaign spending. Scalia, who has skipped the previous seventeen addresses, has said of the State of the Union: "It has turned into a childish spectacle. I don't want to be there to lend dignity to it."

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I'm glad the 3 AH's won't be there! One less thing to piss me off.

[isobar]

1. Scalia could not "lend dignity" to a gang bang.

[CrispyQ]

4. You should self-delete.

No one could contribute dignity to that.

[isobar]

6. best i could do.

[JimDandy]

12. So who COULD lend dignity to a gang bang, then?

That is the implication, unless you mean to hold up Scalia as in: he is the greatest person ever, but even he can't bring dignity to such an act. Either way, your comment and decision not to delete sucks.

[JimDandy]

14. MIRT, take out on aisle 1.

Trolling and very poorly too.

[redwitch]

21. Why is this still here?

Poorly thought out comment isobar, please remove.

[CTyankee]

2. That trio won't be missed one bit...

let them sit home and sulk...

[Politicalboi]

3. If anyone should know about being a

Childish spectacle it's Fat Tony.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Scalia couldn't lend dignity to a frat house kegger.

He would actually detract from it.

[The Blue Flower]

8. Won't be missed

They're doing everyone a favor, the scum.

[louis-t]

9. Scalia thinks he lends "dignity" to any function?

Did he admonish Alito for his "childish" behavior?

[sabbat hunter]

10. well to be fair to scalia

he didn't go to the SotU addresses when Bush was in the white house either. I guess he has better things to do.

[DFW]

24. He does indeed

There are executions to justify, voting rights to suppress, and dirty campaign funds to legalize.

He certainly has better things to do than to listen to some president who has other goals in mind.

[ladjf]

15. Scalia is one of the most wrong headed political figures in the U.S.

He added to the "dignity" of the speech by not being present.

Their absence clearly proves their partisan bias, which is not supposed to be the case with Supreme Court Justices.

[kairos12]

16. They are busy attending a Teabagger convention.

[mnhtnbb]

17. No, Thomas is putting on his white face and going with the other two to a KKK meeting.

[oldandhappy]

18. Scalia is really funny!

He thinks well of himself. Nice for him.

[bigdarryl]

19. This is old news those same 3 haven't attended this President's SOTU address since

The very first one.When he told them about there ruling on Citizens United and Alito siad not true.

[SmittynMo]

20. The supreme court is a total embarrassment to this country

I'd be fine if none of them showed up. Well, maybe a few.

[DFW]

25. Steve Breyer and the three women are welcome any time.

I guess Roberts and Kennedy showed up, but probably only for show.

[olegramps]

22. Scalia couldn't dignify a garbage dump. He would out smell it.

[libdem4life]

23. Past their bedtime. n/t