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demmiblue

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Mon Jan 7, 2019, 10:38 AM Jan 2019

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg misses Supreme Court arguments for first time as she recovers from cance

Source: WaPo

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will not be on the bench Monday when the Supreme Court hears oral arguments, the first time in her career she has missed a session.

Ginsburg, who joined the court in 1993, will participate in the scheduled cases by reading briefs and a transcript of the two oral arguments scheduled for Monday, court spokeswoman Kathleen Arberg said..

Ginsburg, 85, had surgery Dec. 21 for two malignant nodules in her left lung, the 85-year-old justice’s third bout with cancer.

The pulmonary lobectomy was performed at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. She was released several days later, and has been working at home, according to Arberg

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-misses-supreme-court-arguments-for-first-time-as-she-recovers-from-cancer/2019/01/07/f49fa810-1283-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html





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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg misses Supreme Court arguments for first time as she recovers from cance (Original Post) demmiblue Jan 2019 OP
Oh no........I sure hope she can hold on for another two years..... a kennedy Jan 2019 #1
OMG, hang in there Ruth. The nation truly needs you now, you are our only hope! lark Jan 2019 #2
Shit. SunSeeker Jan 2019 #3
The world needs you, Ruth. May you live a hundred more years. defacto7 Jan 2019 #4

lark

(23,004 posts)
2. OMG, hang in there Ruth. The nation truly needs you now, you are our only hope!
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 10:53 AM
Jan 2019

Love you Notorious RBG!!!!!!!!! Praying for your strength and fast healing!

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