Ruth Bader Ginsburg: US Supreme Court oldest justice treated for possible infection
Posted on AllSides July 15th, 2020
From The Center
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been taken to hospital in Maryland "for treatment of a possible infection", the court has said.
It said in Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital she "underwent an endoscopic procedure... to clean out a bile duct stent that was placed last August".
Ms Ginsburg, 87, was "resting comfortably" and would stay in the hospital for a few days.
As the court's most senior liberal justice, her health is closely watched.
She has received hospital treatment a number of times in recent years, but has...
