New York Daily News

RBG ‘doing well’ after leaving hosp

- BY CHRIS SOMMERFELD­T

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from a Manhattan hospital on Friday and is “doing well” at home, according to a spokeswoma­n.

The 87-year-old justice, who has been in and out of hospitals all year, was discharged from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on the Upper East Side after undergoing a precaution­ary procedure to adjust a bile duct stent, the spokeswoma­n said.

The procedure is common and was performed to minimize the risk of future infection, the spokeswoma­n added.

Earlier this month, Ginsburg, a four-time cancer survivor, had the the stent cleaned out at a Baltimore hospital after experienci­ng fever and chills.

Ginsburg also recently revealed she’s been undergoing chemothera­py for a resurgence of cancer.

Despite the health complicati­ons, the steely justice said on July 17 that she has no plans to retire and that she’s responding well to the chemo.

“I have often said I would remain a member of the court as long as I can do the job full steam,” she said in a statement revealing her latest battle with cancer. “I remain fully able to do that.”

Ginsburg, the oldest member of the Supreme Court, joined the high bench in 1993 after being appointed by President Bill Clinton.

She’s a reliably liberal voice and has consistent­ly ruled against President Trump on a number of hot button issues, including his various hardline attempts to overhaul U.S. immigratio­n policies.

Trump and his Republican allies in the Senate have made clear they intend to add another conservati­ve voice to the Supreme Court if there’s a vacancy before November’s election. The bench currently has a 5-4 conservati­ve majority, though Chief Justice John Roberts often sides with the liberals and is considered the court’s sole swing vote.

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