Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized

New York Times ^ | November 23, 2019 | Adam Liptak

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WASHINGTON — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Friday night after experiencing chills and fever earlier in the day, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said on Saturday.

Justice Ginsburg was initially evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington before being transferred to Johns Hopkins for further evaluation and treatment of any possible infection, the spokeswoman, Kathleen Arberg, said in a statement.

Justice Ginsburg’s symptoms abated after treatment with intravenous antibiotics and fluids, Ms. Arberg said, adding the justice expected to be released from the hospital as early as Sunday morning.

Justice Ginsburg, 86, has had a series of health scares lately, including surgery for lung cancer and radiation treatment for pancreatic cancer in the last year. Over the years, Justice Ginsburg has also had surgery for early-stage pancreatic cancer in 2009 and treatment for colon cancer in 1999.

She missed oral arguments on Nov. 13, which she seldom does.

Justice Ginsburg is the senior member of the court’s four-member liberal wing. She has repeatedly vowed to stay on the court as long as her health holds and she stays mentally sharp.

President Trump has appointed two members of the Supreme Court, Justices Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh. The last president to appoint more than two justices in his first term was Richard M. Nixon, who put four on the court from 1969 to 1972. Those appointments spelled the end of the liberal court that had been led by Chief Justice Earl Warren and created a conservative majority that remains to this day.

The current court is closely divided, with five Republican appointees and four Democratic ones. A third Trump appointee would not only make the balance more lopsided but would also almost certainly move the court’s ideological center to the right.

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People like Soros may live too long until they are only being kept alive for other reasons.

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I don’t think she’s dead...but her condition is frail and thus all these hospital visits for various illnesses. She was actulally on TV in Aug this year speaking.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg:.... Colon cancer in 1999, Pancreatic cancer 2009, Coronary artery stent 2014, Broken bones (Ribs/3) November 2018, Lung cancer 2018/2019, Pneumonia, and malignant cancer in pancreas w/insertion of a stent in Ginsburg’s bile duct JUL/AUG 2019.