Ruth Bader Ginsburg was “resting comfortably” in hospital, the Supreme Court said (Dimitrios Kambouris)<\/i><\/p>\n
Washington (AFP) – US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the four liberal justices on the top US court, was hospitalized for a benign gallbladder infection, the court said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Ginsbug was treated at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after a gallstone migrated to her cystic duct, blocking it and causing an infection.<\/p>\n
Ginsburg will spend a day or two in hospital to recover from the non-surgical procedure, the court said.<\/p>\n
“The Justice is resting comfortably and plans to participate in the oral argument teleconference tomorrow morning remotely from the hospital,” the statement continued. <\/p>\n
Ginsburg was appointed to the court by President Bill Clinton in 1993. A hugely popular liberal stalwart and an unintentional social media icon, she is fondly known as “The Notorious RBG,” a riff on slain rapper The Notorious B.I.G.<\/p>\n
The 87-year-old jurist has already been had several health scares — she was hospitalized for chills and fever in 2019, and earlier that year she completed a course of outpatient radiation therapy for a localized malignant tumor on her pancreas.<\/p>\n
Ginsburg was treated for colon cancer in 1999, and a decade later, pancreatic cancer that was caught at an early stage. In December 2018, she had two nodules removed from her lung.<\/p>\n
Her recent repeated health scares have sparked speculation about potential retirement, which would allow conservative US President Donald Trump to nominate a replacement. <\/p>\n
US Supreme Court justices are appointed for life. Ginsburg has repeatedly said she will only retire when she feels incapable of handling the workload.<\/p>\n
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg was “resting comfortably” in hospital, the Supreme Court said (Dimitrios Kambouris) Washington (AFP) – US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the four liberal justices on the top US court, was hospitalized for a benign gallbladder infection, the court said Tuesday. Ginsbug was treated at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in…<\/p>\n