President Donald Trump blasted news outlets for speculating on his first address to Congress without contacting him for clarification. Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts was in the U.S. Capital Tuesday to listen to Trump’s speech alongside Justices Elena Kagan,

He was there again on Tuesday, accompanied by Justices Brett M. Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, both appointed by President Trump; Justice Elena Kagan, appointed by President Barack Obama; and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, a Reagan appointee who retired in 2018.

Chief Justice John Roberts hates attending presidential addresses, where judicial decorum requires that judges maintain an impartial equanimity amid a partisan free-for-all. "To the extent the State of the Union has degenerated into a political pep rally,

President Trump said the Supreme Court had made possible his campaign to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs, which he considers unfair to white people and members of other majority groups. The court hasn’t had any cases involving DEI programs,

Earlier, the chief justice temporarily let the Trump administration avoid paying out congressionally appropriated funds for now.

From left, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts, Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy are seen before President Donal

Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts was in the U.S. Capital Tuesday to listen to Trump’s speech alongside Justices Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett. This was Trump’s ...