Strange we never saw this at the time.
From WorldNet Daily:
According to the Associated Press, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg snoozed during oral arguments today over political redistricting in Texas.
“The subject matter was extremely technical,” notes AP writer Gina Holland, “and near the end of the argument Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dozed in her chair.”
During a report by Megyn Kendall of Fox News, an artist’s sketch of the hearing was aired with Ginsburg’s head using the bench as a pillow.
There was no word if there was any audible snoring echoing through the esteemed chamber, but the sleep session was noticed by Ginsburg’s colleagues who made a snap judgment to let their associate continue her slumber.
“Justices David Souter and Samuel Alito, who flank the 72-year-old, looked at her but did not give her a nudge,” writes Holland.
The incident caught the attention of Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank, who writes:
“At first, she appeared to be reading something in her lap. But after a while, it became clear: Ginsburg was napping on the bench. By Bloomberg News’s reckoning – not denied by a court spokeswoman – Ginsburg’s snooze lasted a quarter of an hour.
July 9, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Fifteen minutes? Each side only gets a half-hour to present its case before the Supreme Court! She spent 25% of the case zonked out.
July 9, 2009 at 6:37 pm
I wonder if people who sleep on the job are the type of people "we don’t want to have too many of"?
July 9, 2009 at 6:46 pm
The artist's sketch does not point to a definite conclusion. She could just be concentrating deeply with her head bowed. Or closely examining the unwanted population of bugs in the woodwork.
July 9, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Our tax dollars at work.
July 9, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Ginsberg had already read the briefs and had made up her mind. I'd sleep through the oral arguments too. Although, admittedly, this shows truly bad form.
July 9, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Allow me to play's Devils' Advocate for a moment and show you an article exposing eugenics from the Right. I do not ask you to agree with every word and letter that Neiwert writes. I only ask that you read his reporting.
http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/kilmeade-does-eugenics
Plus…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfIftn0vt0E
July 10, 2009 at 12:49 am
Brian – Surely you don't equate some Fox talking head with a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America…?