Justice Ginsburg in hospital for possible infection
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday for treatment of a possible infection.
A court spokeswoman said Justice Ginsburg is resting comfortably and will stay in the hospital for a few days to receive intravenous antibiotic treatment.
Ginsburg, 87, was initially seen at a hospital in Washington, D.C., on Monday night after experiencing fever and chills. She underwent a procedure at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Tuesday afternoon to clean a bile duct stent that was placed last August.
Ginsburg, the court's oldest justice, has had a series of health scares in recent years.
The health of the liberal justice is closely watched because a Supreme Court vacancy could give Republican President Donald Trump the opportunity to appoint a third justice to the already conservative-LEANING nine-member court and move it even further to the right.
