Ruth Bader Ginsburg: I wasn't 100 percent sober for State of the Union

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg received attention for nodding off during the State of the Union, but she had a good reason -- she wasn't 100 percent sober.

Ginsburg addressed her televised nap while speaking on a panel at George Washington University.

"The audience -- for the most part -- is awake because they're bobbing up and down all the time and we sit there stone-faced, sober judges," she told the audience. "At least I wasn't 100 percent sober because before we went to the State of the Union we had dinner."

Justice Anthony Kennedy reportedly provided a "fine California wine" at dinner before the speech, and Ginsburg couldn't resist a great bouquet.

"Justice Kennedy brought in ... it was an Opus something or other, very fine California wine that Justice Kennedy brought 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 to accompany it," she admitted.

The only person who could get away with gently chiding the 81-year-old was her granddaughter, who called and said, "Bubbe, you were sleeping at the State of the Union."