Ginsburg is back to work at court
WASHINGTON — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to the Supreme Court on Friday for the first time since she underwent surgery in December, a court spokeswoman said.
Ginsburg, 85, participated in a private conference with her colleagues as they considered which cases to accept for review or reject, court spokeswoman Kathleen Arberg said.
One item on the agenda was whether the court should consider whether the Trump administration may add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census.
The court will meet in public Tuesday for oral arguments.
Ginsburg missed January arguments after undergoing a pulmonary lobectomy Dec. 21 to remove two malignant nodules from her left lung. It was the first time the justice had missed oral arguments since she joined the court in 1993, though she has had two bouts with cancer in that time.
After the December surgery, Ginsburg worked from home reviewing briefings and arguments in the January cases, and Chief Justice John Roberts said she would participate in deciding them. She has also been a part of previous private conferences, and she voted last week when the court granted an emergency order blocking implementation of a restrictive Louisiana abortion law.
Conspiracy theories about Ginsburg have proliferated on fringe right-wing social media, with some demanding to see “proof of life.”
Ginsburg attended a concert about her life sponsored by the National Constitution Center on Feb. 4, but those suspicious about her said they did not believe media reports about her appearance.