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Here's What The Other Justices Think Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's SOTU Snooze

Here's What The Other Justices Think Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's SOTU Snooze
Lydia O'Connor
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Senior Reporter, HuffPost

In this photo taken Jan. 20, 2015 members of the Supreme Court, including Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, center, rests during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ginsburg has a confession: She "wasn't 100 percent sober" when she fell asleep at the president's State of the Union address last month. Ginsburg told an audience Thursday that she drank some wine at dinner before attending the speech, where cameras repeatedly caught her nodding off. The 81-year-old justice says she had dined with Justice Anthony Kennedy and couldn't resist the California wine he brought. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
In this photo taken Jan. 20, 2015 members of the Supreme Court, including Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, center, rests during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ginsburg has a confession: She "wasn't 100 percent sober" when she fell asleep at the president's State of the Union address last month. Ginsburg told an audience Thursday that she drank some wine at dinner before attending the speech, where cameras repeatedly caught her nodding off. The 81-year-old justice says she had dined with Justice Anthony Kennedy and couldn't resist the California wine he brought. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Notorious RBG's knack for napping is apparently well-known.

“They expect me to sleep,” Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told The Hill when asked about her fellow justices' reaction to her dozing off during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address in January -- something she's been caught doing in past years as well.

Ginsburg also addressed the nap last month at George Washington University and blamed her drowsiness on not being "100 percent sober," thanks to some wine Justice Anthony Kennedy served at the Supreme Court's pre-SOTU dinner.

"I got a call when I came home from one of my granddaughters and she said, ‘Bubbe, you were sleeping at the State of the Union!” Ginsburg said at the university.

h/t The Hill

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