BREAKING: US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized Over Infection

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent non-surgical treatment Tuesday for a benign gallbladder condition, according to a press release from the Supreme Court. She plans to participate in oral arguments from the hospital on Wednesday, according to the release.

In pain on Monday, Ginsburg went to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington after hearing the first-ever Supreme Court teleconference of oral arguments. At Sibley, she was diagnosed with acute cholecystitis, a condition in which a gallstone migrates to the cystic duct. She nonetheless participated in arguments from home on Tuesday, but was in enough pain that she went to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for treatment of the infected duct later Tuesday.

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Doctors not involved in Ginsburg's care said non-surgical treatment typically involves antibiotics and insertion of a tube to drain the infected duct.

Friends said the justice was in good spirits on Tuesday night, and watching the Metropolitan Opera on her iPad.

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So she never had her gallbladder out before? Surprising.

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She plans to participate in oral arguments from the hospital on Wednesday,

Is anybody going to be there to make sure she stays awake

Is this how they finally will admit she is dead?

She has been playib=ng possum for two years.

The gallbladder thing was in May.

The infection thing is new.

IMHO the left needs the riots that will come if she dies and Trump moves ahead with a pick.

Merrick Garland was a totally different issue (lame duck etc...) but I imagine there will be hell to pay. BTW he couldn't have been worse than Gorsuch.


On another more compassionate note I do not believe there's anyone else alive who's dodged more health crises than RBG.

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The rest of us would still be waiting in the ER or for a specialist to see us or test results, etc etc etc.

Updated OP. They claim to have cleaned a bile duct stent so I'm assuming that's what got infected if they are telling the truth. She has now reportedly been placed on IV antibiotics for a couple days...

and this.............

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Chief Justice John Roberts often makes headlines for his legal opinions, but the 65-year-old recently made news for a different – and dangerous – reason. As thousands of older people do each year, Roberts fell. The fall occurred on June 21, 2020 at a Maryland country club. Roberts cut his head and was hospitalized. The event, which had two precedents, was reportedly due to dehydration. Roberts is reportedly recovered and fine.



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A hospital in the middle of a global pandemic... and she's in a high-risk category (elderly).

Not somewhere you want to be if you can avoid it.

So, it must be truly necessary.

I do make an effort not to wish anyone ill, but hopefully she will take this most recent health setback as an indication that it's time to retire.

However, given her previous statements, the only one who could persuade her to retire is the Grim Reaper. Maybe he will have a chat with her.

The last time she was hospitalized was for an infection also.

I’m fairly sure I remember that.

I want her to do everything possible to put her health first...

she needs to concentrate on getting better and to do that, she needs to resign from the Supreme Court

The old hag is like a timex watch, she keeps on ticking and ticking ticking and ticking ticking and ticking ticking and ticking ticking and ticking ticking and ticking ticking and ticking ticking and ticking ticking and ticking ...........ticking and ticking................ticking and ticking.....*poof*

Just in:

Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG HAS BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND IS HOME AND DOING WELL - COURT STATEMENT

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Covid kills so many birds with one stone. Here's another: Having remote sessions to hide her death which occurred last year.