Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, misses Supreme Court sitting for the first time EVER after cancer surgery to remove lung growths last month
Supreme Court Justice was not present at court Monday as she recuperates at home after cancer removing two cancerous growths from her lungs
Ginsburg, who has been on the bench since 1993, had never previously missed a court hearing from illnesses which have included two bouts of cancer
Doctors found the growths on Ginsburg’s lung when she was being treated for fractured ribs she suffered in a fall at her office on November 7
The pulmonary lumpectomy, carried out in New York, was said to be successful and she had been discharged on Christmas Day
GEOFF EARLE, DEPUTY U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR
DAILYMAIL.COM
7 January 2019
The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments for the first time in more than 25 years as she recuperates from cancer surgery last month.
Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Monday the 85-year-old Ginsburg is continuing to recuperate and work from home after doctors removed two cancerous growths from her left lung on December 21.
Ginsburg was discharged from a New York hospital on Christmas day.
Ginsburg had two earlier cancer surgeries in 1999 and 2009 that did not cause her to miss court sessions. She also has broken ribs on at least two occasions.
The court said doctors found the growths on Ginsburg’s lung when she was being treated for fractured ribs she suffered in a fall at her office on November 7.
It was the first time Ginsburg missed a day of oral arguments since she was seated on the bench following Senate confirmation and Bill Clinton’s nomination of her in 1993.
She is known as a persistent questioner of lawyers from the bench during arguments.
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