The Supreme Court issued a statement announcing that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery today (December 21) for lung cancer in New York City. Just last month, Ginsburg was briefly hospitalized for broken ribs suffered during a fall. According to the Supreme Court’s statement, the nodules were discovered. “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent a pulmonary…
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized early Thursday morning after falling in her office Wednesday evening and fracturing three ribs, according to a statement from the court. “She went home, but after experiencing discomfort overnight, went to George Washington University Hospital early this morning,” the statement said. “Tests showed that she fractured three…
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On August 10, 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg took her judicial oath at the White House, becoming the first Jewish woman and only the second woman justice ever appointed to the Supreme Court. Today she celebrates 25 years on the bench—a major milestone in a career that has turned her into a proud defender of women’s…
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With the makeup of the Supreme Court bench currently in limbo, there’s at least one seat we can count on to stay filled for the foreseeable future. In an interview over the weekend, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she plans on staying in her position until she’s 90—giving fans of the Notorious RBG a small…
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Last year, Felicity Jones signed on to portray Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in an upcoming biopic called On the Basis of Sex—and now the first trailer for the movie is here. If these two-plus minutes are any indication, On the Basis of Sex will focus solely on Bader Ginsburg as a young lawyer…
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After Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the bench this week, questions quickly surfaced about what his exit means for the future of women, people of color and the LGBTQ community, whose rights are often on the line in high-profile cases that come before the justices. But there was one other person…
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