The birdie is dead !
No, she's not dead, she's just having a little nap !
Posted on 03/01/2006 10:54:55 PM PST by Tim Long
Justice dozes off during political redistricting hearing, colleagues let her sleep
Was it a case of dreaming of a better America, napping on the job, or just being asleep at the switch?
Serving on the highest court in the land is apparently a tiring affair for at least one Supreme Court justice who caught 40 winks on the bench, literally.
According to the Associated Press, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg snoozed during testimony 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 Bader'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.
Janice Rogers Brown to replace her :-)
I don't think she ever woke up on the bench-thanks for the post.
I don't believe there is any evidence that she's ever woken up.
Don't most bats sleep during the day :-)
She had already made her decision.
Her Democrat/ACLU staff has already told her how she's going to vote.
The birdie is dead !
No, she's not dead, she's just having a little nap !
When I started getting sleepy on the job, I retired!
She's pining for the fjords. : )
If that is true, somebody is gonna get fired.
LMAO...
I'd pay for a copy of it!
So would I, but if a court artist did that, she's gone.
She needs to give up that all night party crowd.
Maybe this will be the nudge Ruthie needs to decide it's time to hand in her gavel.
Anyone remember when Arlen Spectre was praising her, suggesting that she become the chief justice of the supreme court -"It would be like a coronation!" he declared. Disgusting excuse for a republican...
That's right, it was entirely the fault of the nasty conservatives that she kept sleeping. And the subject matter was so dry and boring, why, anyone would have gone to sleep!
Let Scalia or Thomas fall asleep on the job and see if the reporting resembles this.
Remember, it was Spector that guided both Roberts and Alito through the hearings, was incredibly fair and hardnosed when necessary against the likes of Kennedy and others, and voted for both Alito and Roberts in committee. So don't be quite so quick to totally condemn. He's a loose cannon, indeed, but in the case of Alito and Roberts, he done good.
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