Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be missing oral arguments for the first time as she stays home to recuperate from lung cancer surgery
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be missing oral arguments for the first time as she stays home to recuperate from lung cancer surgery on Jan. 7, according to a court spokesperson.
“Justice Ginsburg is unable to be present today, but will participate in the consideration and decision of the cases on the basis of the briefs and the transcripts of oral arguments,” Chief Justice John Roberts said from the bench, according to an emailed statement. Earlier, court spokesperson Kathy Arberg told reporters that Ginsburg will be working from home.
The 85-year-old justice is the oldest of the court’s nine justices and has never missed an oral argument due to illness in more than 25 years of sitting on the bench.
The liberal justice underwent surgery to remove two malignant growths in her left lung at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on Dec. 21. She was released from the New York hospital on Christmas day.
