CRITIC CITES JUDGE’S HISTORY OF SEIZURES

A critic of US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has suggested that his epilepsy medication was responsible for his decision to uphold US President Barack Obama’s healthcare law.

“It’s well known that Roberts, unfortunately for him, has suffered from epileptic seizures. Therefore he has been on medication. Neurologists will tell you that medication used for seizure disorders, such as epilepsy, can introduce mental slowing, forgetfulness and other cognitive problems. And if you look at Roberts’ writings you can see the cognitive disassociation (sic) in what he is saying...,” said Michael Savage, a popular radio talk show host in his programme on Thursday.

Justice Roberts has had two seizures, one in 2007 and another in 1993.

“Even though his two seizures occurred 14 years apart, they meet the criteria for epilepsy because they were ‘unprovoked’, meaning that they were not caused by a head injury, a drug reaction or another known factor,” read an August 1, 2007 report published by The New York Times.

In 2007, Justice Roberts was released from a hospital in Maine, a northeastern state of the US, after being rushed there from his summer home because of the seizure. A statement issued then from the SC had said that tests at the hospital had found no cause for concern and that the cause of the seizure was unknown.