If it happened at the local level,

wouldn't a judge dozing off be grounds for a mistrial?

The subject matter was extremely technical, and near the end of the argument Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dozed in her chair. Justices David Souter and Samuel Alito, who flank the 72-year-old, looked at her but did not give her a nudge.

Souter and Alito probably found her much less unpleasant while asleep.

Now, if we can just get her to doze off when the final opinions are written.