[eddiespaghetti]

IINM, it is the rule that where a justice misses oral argument in a particular case s/he has no part/role in the Court’s decision in that case.

[SanchoP]

Chief Justice John Roberts said in the courtroom Monday that Ginsburg would participate in deciding the argued cases “on the basis of the briefs and transcripts of oral arguments.”

Rules don't apply to 'rats.