“...I suppose she can work from home or the hospital.”
I don’t. If a Justice can’t show up at the Supreme Court Building then his vote shouldn’t count - how does anyone know who is on the other side of the phone line, laptop or whatever?
I couldn’t agree with you more, sadly they made an exception for RBG.
When things are happening at 2 am as on some of these executions
Or one or more justices are on vacation or out of town speaking you dont
Really expect them to be in the building 24/7 the clerk of court, who actually issues the order has signals to know that the justice all of them have authorized the vote the clerk gets. And the lawyers and executioners have signals to know the clerks issuance is authentic.
So its not just RBG