Justice Ginsburg sent to hospital
Liberal-leaning jurist, 87, has “possible infection”
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Tuesday for a “possible infection,” according to a spokeswoman.
Ginsburg, 87, who’s been hospitalized several times this year over complications with her gallbladder, was first taken to a hospital in Washington, D.C., on Monday night after suffering “fever and chills,” the spokeswoman, Kathleen Arberg, said in a statement.
The liberalleaning justice was then transferred to Johns Hopkins
Hospital in Baltimore on Tuesday morning and underwent an endoscopic procedure to “clean out” a stent that was placed last year, Arberg said.
“The justice is resting comfortably and will stay in the hospital for a few days to receive intravenous antibiotic treatment,” Arberg said.
Arberg’s statement did not say whether Ginsburg has been tested for COVID-19. She did not immediately return a request for comment.
Ginsburg, nominated by President Bill Clinton, has served on the high court since 1993. She’s been a consistently liberal vote on the bench.
Her age and recent health complications have raised concern among liberals that President Donald Trump could get another Supreme Court appointment before November’s election.