Justice Ginsburg taken ill, absent from Supreme Court
Source: NBC News
WASHINGTON Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was absent Wednesday for courtroom arguments in two cases.
Chief Justice John Roberts announced that Ginsburg was "indisposed due to illness," a statement similar to the one he made on the first day of the term, Oct. 7, when Justice Clarence Thomas was absent with what a court official said was the flu.
The same court official said Wednesday that Ginsburg was "home with a stomach bug."
The health of Ginsburg, 86, has been the subject of intense interest since she underwent surgery last winter for lung cancer and treatment over the summer for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/justice-ginsburg-taken-ill-absent-supreme-court-n1081306
MontanaMama
(23,238 posts)We need you.
bluestarone
(16,720 posts)We need you.
klook
(12,134 posts)to Justice Ginsburg.
progressoid
(49,825 posts)Hang in there RBG.
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)We appreciate her service.
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pnwmom
(108,925 posts)Gothmog
(143,999 posts)minstrel76
(83 posts)SergeStorms
(18,882 posts)not now! Of course my first concern is for her health. She's a wonderful woman and even if she wasn't a SC Justice I'd want her to have the best of health. That said, we can't allow the GOP to install yet another SC Judge!
BannonsLiver
(16,161 posts)If she goes before then they will try to force another one through, even possibly in the recess between the election and the new congress. I hate to reduce it to that. She is a treasure. But that is the harsh reality.
SergeStorms
(18,882 posts)It's difficult to think in those stark terms, but the Supreme Court has already been the object of republican dumbfuckery and we can't allow it to go any further.
MBS
(9,688 posts)BigOleDummy
(2,260 posts)My first, FIRST thought upon reading this was "please please let there be trusted guards by her side". With Putin and our collaborator in chief running things I'm staring to get a touch of paranoia lately about the health of our more prominent Patriots.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)riversedge
(69,713 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)after refusing to do so for Obamas last pick before the 2016 elections then the gloves need to come off and when we regain the the majority we need to increase the number of SCOTUS seats up to 13 and pack each new slot with liberal justices.
BannonsLiver
(16,161 posts)For one itll gin up their nutjob evangelical base for the election which will help Donnie and other GOO candidates.
Two, they have the votes to do it. Beyond that, Its likely they will at least explore installing a new justice in the recess between the election and the new congress if Trump were to lose. Shes going to need to hang on for a while, I think. At least another 13-15 months.
truthisfreedom
(23,113 posts)All the challenges shes faced so far have been so much bigger than a stomach bug. Hope this clears up soon!
MustLoveBeagles
(11,563 posts)Hang in there.
mountain grammy
(26,568 posts)Shes so frail. Hoping for the best. Please get well, RBG.
BumRushDaShow
(127,288 posts)roamer65
(36,739 posts)Im fighting it, too. Hope she comes through it ok. Its a persistent little bugger.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Not just for us, but for yourself and your family as well!