US News FacebookTwitter Flipboard WhatsAppEmailCopy Justice Alito plans to skip next State of the Union speech By Social Links for Joseph Goldstein View Author Archive Get author RSS feed Thanks for contacting us. We've received your submission. Back to Reading Published Oct. 17, 2010, 4:00 a.m. ET Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said he’ll probably skip the next State of the Union address because it’s hard to keep a poker face. Alito mouthed “not true” when President Obama criticized a court opinion in this year’s speech. Share this article: FacebookTwitter Flipboard WhatsAppEmailCopy