--- title: Trump Congress Address: Maureen Scalia Gets Standing Ovation description: The widow of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia received a standing ovation during President Trump's address to Congress. canonical: https://time.com/4686709/trump-speech-congress-maureen-scalia/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-01T03:17:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:42:49.409Z article:section: Politics og:title: Antonin Scalia's Widow Got a Standing Ovation at Trump's Address og:description: Watch the moment here og:url: https://time.com/4686709/trump-speech-congress-maureen-scalia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14bc14a1401a7a93/6988bc81f887dcff34e9942f/scalia-widow-maureen.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Trump Addresses Joint Session of Congress in Washington on Feb. 28, 2017. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Antonin Scalia's Widow Got a Standing Ovation at Trump's Address twitter:description: Watch the moment here twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14bc14a1401a7a93/6988bc81f887dcff34e9942f/scalia-widow-maureen.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Antonin Scalia's Widow Got a Standing Ovation at President Trump's Address to Congress ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. Watch the moment here_ by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Mar 1, 2017 3:17 AM UTC by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Mar 1, 2017 3:17 AM UTC The widow of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia received a standing ovation during [President Donald Trump’s](http://time.com/4686331/trump-congress-address-immigration/) [first address to a joint session of Congress](http://time.com/4686621/trump-congress-address-transcript/). Sitting in the [First Lady’s box for guests](http://time.com/4685278/donald-trump-congress-address-guest-list/) of the President, [Maureen McCarthy Scalia](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/321553-trump-invites-scalias-widow-to-speech) could be seen asking someone next to her if she should stand when Trump mentioned her name. “I am honored to have Maureen Scalia with us in the gallery tonight,” Trump said. “Her late, great husband, Antonin Scalia, will forever be a symbol of American justice.” Scalia was also on hand when Trump [nominated](http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/watch-trump-honors-justice-scalias-widow-in-the-audience-during-gorsuch-supreme-court-announcement/article/2613542) Judge [Neil Gorsuch](http://time.com/4678691/republicans-neil-gorsuch-congress-nuclear-option/) to replace her husband, who died in February of 2016, and White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer [tweeted a photo](https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/826601335042748417) of her holding hands with Gorsuch after the event. 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