Ruth Bader Ginsburg: I 'Wasn't 100% Sober' During State of the Union

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Supreme Court Justice and flawless living goddess Ruth Bader Ginsburg admitted that she may have been napping a little during President Obama's State of the Union address, but it wasn't because she was bored. It's because prior to the speech she'd been drinking a "very fine California wine."

Ginsburg revealed this endearing anecdote during a talk at George Washington University this week, according to The Hill,

"The audience for the most part is awake, because they're bobbing up and down, and we sit there, stone-faced, sober judges. But we're not, at least I wasn't, 100 percent sober," [...]

"Because before we went to the State of the Union, Justice Kennedy brought in … it was an Opus something or other, very fine California wine, and I vowed this year, just sparkling water, stay away from the wine, but in the end, the dinner was so delicious, it needed wine," Ginsburg said.

Ginsburg further explained that former Justices were aware of her wine sleeps; former SOTU seat buddy David Souter wasn't shy about jarring her awake when she'd start to nod off. Now, she sits between Justices Breyer and Kennedy, two men who don't have the chutzpah to interrupt a napping 81-year-old legal giant. To be fair: could you throw an elbow at Ruth Bader Motherfucking Ginsburg? I sure as hell couldn't.

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I fuckin' love this woman...

[elleng]

1. Later, her granddaughter would call her to mildly rebuke her for sleeping.

[shenmue]

2. Rock on!

[Scuba]

3. Me either, Ruth, me either.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. And here all I had for the SOTU was beer and shots.

[irisblue]

5. no freaking way

"To be fair: could you throw an elbow at Ruth Bader Motherfucking Ginsburg? I sure as hell couldn't. " no way, no freaking way. Ma'am, maybe an earlier dinner time next year?

[Jackpine Radical]

6. It's OK, Ruth. Scalia wasn't 100% sane at the time either.

But you were sober in the morning.

[nolabear]

7. The Notorious RBG!!!

[LittleBlue]

8. Same here, Ruth

It takes three shots for me to get through that ordeal.

[jwirr]

10. Love her. It often happens to us old ladies - and gentlemen to.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. i have nothing by adoration and respect for the notorious RBG

[BrotherIvan]

12. Me too!

I absolutely adore her and I love that she is speaking her mind publicly. She is the definition of awesome.

[LynneSin]

11. I sometimes wonder if George Bush was 100% sober during any of his

[surrealAmerican]

13. That Justice Kennedy is a bad influence.