Ruth Bader Ginsburg 'home and doing well' after hospitalization, Supreme Court says

[demmiblue]

Source: CNN

(CNN)Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital and is home after having experienced chills and a fever, the Supreme Court announced Sunday.

"She is home and doing well," A court spokeswoman said.

Ginsburg, 86, was initially evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC, before being transferred to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore Friday night for treatment of any possible infection. The high court said Saturday that Ginsburg's symptoms had abated after receiving IV antibiotics and fluids.

Her hospital trip came just days after Ginsburg returned to the bench after missing a day in court due to a stomach bug. On Friday, Ginsburg had participated in the regular closed-door conference with other justices, according to a court spokeswoman.

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Praise sweet baby jesus.

[FM123]

1. For a non-religious person I find myself praying for her constantly.

Sending you sincere thoughts and prayers dear RBG.

[marlakay]

29. Feel the same

We know Mitch won’t say its a election year and wait.

[hermetic]

2. Now there's something

to be thankful for.

[Dream Girl]

3. As much as I love the woman, it was sheer hubris for her to have not stepped down

Under Obama. How did she explain it? Something like Obama would never appoint anyone s progressive as she? She was in her 80s already with a history of cancer. I hope she lives forever, but, unfortunately no one does..I fear Trump will have another go at it and we will get a 50 year old Kavanaugh look alike. Our only hope would be that Thomas strokes out under the next Dem President to kind of cancel things out. I don’t mean to sound cruel or heartless but that is the reality.

[Polybius]

6. She might not have even stepped down if Hillary won

She has said she wants to stay on until her 90's.

[elleng]

8. Cruel, heartless, and foolish.

[Dream Girl]

18. Maybe cruel and heartless, but not foolish.

[Hekate]

9. Neil Gorsuch, thank you very much, Mitch McConnell

[Dream Girl]

20. Yes, that is true. But who's to say? It would have been more difficult to pull that shit two years

Earlier. Mitch might have done it anyway but we did get Kagan and Sotomayor. We would have had a chance to get one more.

[Polybius]

32. I also don't think Mitch would have pulled it with Ruth

Pulling it with Scalia was a little different, because that was their boy. Not that that makes it right, of course not.

[Hekate]

34. Yowza. I just told you that Obama DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE for a third appointment...

Much less a fourth. Period. None. Zip. Nada.

Turns out the Notorious RBG was right to stay put. All we can do is pray she outlasts Trump.

[catbyte]

13. Seriously? You "didn't mean to sound cruel or heartless?" But you do.

A younger Justice could get hit by a taxi crossing the street or develop ALS like my dad did when he was in his early 70's.

[Dream Girl]

17. I know I do. But I think I may be voicing what some others don't dare say.

Yes any one can drop dead or be incapacitated at any time, but there is such a thing as odds. That is why it is hubris to view oneself as irreplaceable, particularly with the stakes so high. I dearly hope she hangs on for another 14 months and she lives to be 110 to boot. But she has had how many health scares in the past two years? Maybe 4 or 5?

[catbyte]

19. Her spot could've been Merrick Garlanded then where would we be?

Edited to add: Do you really think that mcconnell would've allowed a vote or even a hearing? When should she have retired? You aren't appreciating the depth and breadth of the evil we're facing. Gorsuch SHOULD NOT be on SCOTUS. That was Merrick Garland's rightful spot. We'll just have to agree to disagree about this one.

[Dream Girl]

21. Possibly, but we did get Kagan and Sotomayor

We could have gotten another seat if she’d stepped down earlier. I really don’t mean to offend.

[catbyte]

22. So she should've retired 10 years ago while she was in her 70's? mcconnell would've

obstructed any SCOTUS nominee in Obama's second term.

[Dream Girl]

24. Possibly. But look where we are now. I believe she was 82 when Obama finished his first term.

[catbyte]

26. Yes. We're hanging on by our fingernails, hoping that John Roberts doesn't want to completely

destroy his legacy instead of being hopelessly in the minority. I'll take my chances with RBG, thank you very much.

[Dream Girl]

27. That's all we can do. She is tough.

[catbyte]

25. mcconnell blocking any Obama nominee isn't a hypothetical. HE DID IT. That's why I believe that the

election fix was in long before the election. republicans wanted that seat open at all costs. Why?

[Dream Girl]

23. I am absolutely aware of the evil we face. Of course Gorsuch should not be there!

[VarryOn]

31. I agree....unfortunately...

Anyone north of 70 in a role like hers needs to bail at the first opportunity. This is bigger than her, notwithstanding the awesome job she’s done. Now, we are all on pins and needles while she has to run herself into the ground rather than getting a few years’ retirement.

[Iliyah]

4. K & R

[sakabatou]

7. Glad she's doing okay

[StarryNite]

10. Thank goodness!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. Fourteen months. You can do it.

Then, hopefully, celebrate retirement by announcing it to the new Democratic president with a Democrat-controlled senate.

[catbyte]

12. WHEW! What a relief. I worry more about her health than I do about members of my own family.

Stay strong, RBG. The world needs you!

[wnylib]

14. Thank God, for her sake and ours.

[Doitnow]

15. Must be all those good wishes going her way, altho, I bet it's just her

"get-up-and-go" to account for her continued well-being. (Boy, that phrase surely dates me!. Fits the situation, tho.)

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. Good to hear

[meow2u3]

28. Thank God RBG is on the mend

[BlueWI]

30. Outstanding!!

What a fighting spirit - inspirational!!

[liberalmediaaddict]

33. If she dies McConnell will fill the vacancy immediately

He has zero shame. He didn't even wait until Scalia's body was cold before announcing that Obama would never fill the seat. If Hillary was elected we'd have a 6 to 3 advantage right now. Most Democrats and Independents didn't realize just how important 2016 was to the future of the progressive movement. Republican voters understood completely. And now here we are.