Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Declared Cancer-Free

The 'notorious' Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been declared cancer-free by her doctors and is recovering well from her recent surgery, according to a Supreme Court spokesman.

From The New York Times:

“Her recovery from surgery is on track,” the spokeswoman, Kathleen Arberg, said in a statement. “Post-surgery evaluation indicates no evidence of remaining disease, and no further treatment is required.”

Justice Ginsburg, 85, underwent surgery in late December to remove two nodules from her left lung. She missed this week’s arguments, and will be absent from the bench next week, too, Ms. Arberg said.

“Justice Ginsburg will continue to work from home next week and will participate in the consideration and decision of the cases on the basis of the briefs and the transcripts of oral arguments,” Ms. Arberg said.

Earlier this week, Politico reported aides to Donald Trump were "reaching out to political allies and conservative activist groups to prepare for an ailing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s possible death or departure from the Supreme Court."

But our girl is just fine, folks. No worries.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is expected to be back in the Supreme Court with her normal work schedule by early next month.

Notorious RBG is a badass. Period. Powers that be, keep our hero safe.

— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) January 11, 2019

Supreme Court Declines To Block Trump's Asylum Ban

Donald Trump's week just got that much worse as the Supreme Court has refused to reinstate Donald Trump's asylum ban while a government appeal is pending.

From The New York Times:

The court was closely divided, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joining the four-member liberal wing in turning down the administration’s request for a stay of a trial judge’s order blocking the program.

The court’s brief order gave no reasons for its action. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh said they would have granted the stay.

In a proclamation issued on Nov. 9, President Trump barred migrants from applying for asylum unless they made the request at a legal checkpoint. Only those applying at a port of entry would be eligible, Mr. Trump said, invoking what he said were his national security powers to protect the nation’s borders.

Lower courts blocked the initiative, ruling that a federal law plainly allowed asylum applications from people who had entered the country unlawfully.

“Any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States,” the relevant federal statute says, may apply for asylum — “whether or not at a designated port of arrival.”

In related news, NPR is reporting that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery Friday for early stage lung cancer.

Doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital in New York performed a lobectomy, removing one of the five lobes of the lung.

Short of complications in recovery, doctors say prospects look good for a full recovery for Ginsburg, 85. She hopes to be back on the court for the start of the next argument session in early January.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Falls, Fractures Ribs

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The New York Times reports that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fell in her office last night and fractured three ribs.

The 85-year-old Justice is hospitalized at George Washington University Hospital for treatment and observation.

The tough gal broke two ribs in 2012 and didn't miss a day of work at the high court.

The next sitting of SCOTUS begins November 26.

I'll be happy to donate a rib if it will help her (and keep her on the high court for two more years).

BREAKING: US Supreme Court: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fell in her office last evening; fractured 3 ribs; admitted to hospital for observation and treatment.

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 8, 2018

I hereby donate all of my ribs and organs to Ruth Bader Ginsburg

— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) November 8, 2018

holy fucking shit can we just wrap Ruth Bader Ginsburg in bubble wrap and carry her around in a sedan chair for the next two or more years because she is currently our country's most precious natural resource

— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) November 8, 2018

If Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs ribs I have like dozens of them that I'm not using, let's do this

— Anna Merlan (@annamerlan) November 8, 2018