Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in hospital with infection, Supreme Court says
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Tuesday with an infection caused by a gallstone, the Supreme Court said.
The 87-year-old justice underwent nonsurgical treatment for what the court described as acute cholecystitis, a benign gall bladder condition, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
She expects to be in the hospital for a day or two, the court said.
Ginsburg took part in the court’s telephone arguments Monday and Tuesday and plans to do so again Wednesday, the court said.
She has been treated four times for cancer, most recently in August.
She initially sought medical care Monday, when the gallstone was first diagnosed.
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