Ruth Bader Ginsburg admits she 'wasn't 100 percent sober' at the State of the Union

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at this year's State of the Union.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg infamously nodded off during President Obama's State of the Union address. Now, we may have a clue as to why.

"We sit there, stone-faced, the sober judges, but we're not — at least I wasn't — 100 percent sober," Ginsburg said at a panel discussion on Thursday. She explains that the justices ate dinner together before the State of the Union address, and "the dinner was so delicious, it needed wine to accompany it." Check out Ginsburg's confession in the video below. —Meghan DeMaria

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.