Justice Ginsburg Snoozes in Court

Both theAssociated Press and the WND reported on the U.S. Supreme Court newstory du jour. Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg took a snooze during a session.


AP reports: The subject matter was extremely technical, and near the end of the argument Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dozed in her chair. Justices David Souter and Samuel Alito, who flank the 72-year-old, looked at her but did not give her a nudge.

Picture from Fox News Channel via World Net Daily. Caption reads "Actual artist rendition of Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg asleep during hearing."

While I generally don't like Justice Ginsburg's voting record, I can't blame her for a slight snooze. Come on, which one of us hasn't dozed during a college lecture, a long-winded wedding ceremony, a boring concert, etc.? I imagine many of us have snooze during business meetings... not often, or we wouldn't have jobs, but nonetheless, we've visited the Land of Nod on at least one occasion. I'll cut her some slack on this one. Just imagine the boring legal technicalities these Justices must listen to during a hearing - they are much more boring than a long-winded sermon... and it doesn't take a whole lot of boredom to set me into snooze-mode.