Fox just saif the Court stated he will be back on the Bench November 1.
Prayers for him.
Fox just saif the Court stated he will be back on the Bench November 1.
Prayers for him.
He had this surgery while the court is not in session and is expected to be back next week.
Rehnquist Hospitalized With Cancer in Md.
Oct 25, 12:13 PM (ET) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041025/D85UICHG0.html
WASHINGTON (AP) - William H. Rehnquist, second oldest man ever to be chief justice of the Supreme Court bench, has been hospitalized with thyroid cancer. … Rehnquist is expected back on the bench when the court returns to work next Monday.
... Rehnquist spent the weekend in Bethesda Naval Hospital in suburban Maryland, and underwent a tracheotomy on Saturday, the Supreme Court said Monday in a statement.
The Supreme Court is not meeting this week … Rehnquist, named to the court in 1972 by President Richard Nixon and elevated to chief justice by President Ronald Reagan in 1986, has had a series of health problems.
In 2002 he missed several court sessions after hurting his knee in a fall at his home. He had surgery to repair a torn tendon. Rehnquist also has struggled with chronic back pain over the years. Rehnquist turned 80 earlier this month, a milestone reached by only one other chief justice of the United States. The only older chief justice was Roger Taney, who presided over the high court in the mid-1800s until his death at 87.
Oh my good Lord, I just realized John Kerry will try to capitalize politically on Judge Rehnquist's pain.