While President Trump opted not to attend Wednesday's Supreme Court arguments as part of a legal challenge to his sweeping tariffs policy, there was another notable — and surprising — public figure there: comedian John Mulaney.
The former "Saturday Night Live" writer was among the high-profile attendees — including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) and Ed Markey (Mass.) — to snag a seat in the public gallery.
Mulaney was eyed sitting in one of the rows of the courtroom gallery during the nearly three-hour hearing.
"Cheap seats but a great show," he posted on X on Wednesday, with a hand drawn image depicting the layout of the Supreme Court and his name listed in the "back row" section.
Trump had toyed with the idea of attending the arguments as the Supreme Court weighed whether the president can use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs on imports from other countries. Trump said Sunday that he wouldn't be there in-person to witness the Supreme Court hearing because he did "not want to distract from the importance of this decision."
While Mulaney didn't indicate the reason for making his unexpected cameo at the Supreme Court, the experience might come in handy for one of the 43-year-old standup comic's pending projects.
Attorney Neal Katyal, who represented the small businesses challenging Trump's tariffs, has said that he's writing a TV show with Mulaney about the Supreme Court.
Katyal has described Mulaney as a "constitutional law nerd."
"I mean, seriously, [Mulaney] texts me all sorts of questions about random Supreme Court cases. All the time. And they are damn good questions," Katyal wrote in 2023.
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