Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized with ‘chills and fever’

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to the hospital Friday night after experiencing “chills and a fever.”

The 86-year-old was evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., before being transferred to Johns Hopkins Hospital for further evaluation, according to a news release from the court.

The statement says Ginsburg’s symptoms have subsided after “intravenous antibiotics and fluids” treatment. She is expected to be released from the hospital as early as Sunday.

The hospitalization is the latest in a string of health scares that have beset the liberal justice.

Ginsburg completed a three-week course of radiation therapy in August to treat a malignant tumor on her pancreas that was detected in early July after a blood test.

She underwent surgery in December 2018 to remove cancerous nodules from her left lung, which were identified after she fell and fractured three ribs last November.

Following her recovery from the fall, Ginsburg missed oral arguments for the first time in her Supreme Court career, opting to work from home using transcripts and written briefs.

Since being nominated to the court by President Bill Clinton in 1993, Ginsburg has survived multiple cancer diagnoses — she was treated for colorectal cancer in 1999 and an earlier bout of pancreatic cancer in 2009.

Ginsburg's health holds significant interest for groups that track the court's rulings, influence and direction.

Trump has made two appointments to the Supreme Court since taking office in 2017 — the conservative justices Neil Gorsuch in 2017 and Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 — and has frequently used the court as a rallying cry for his base during rallies.

The court is expected to soon make rulings on the future of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a Louisiana law that severely restricts abortion in the state and, possibly, President Donald Trump's effort to block a subpoena for his financial records.