Liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has faced various he...
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen in this file photo taken in Washington, D.C, Sept 12, 2019. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger./
WASHINGTON - Liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has faced various health scares over the past year, missed oral arguments in court on Wednesday due to illness.Speaking in court, Chief Justice John Roberts said Ginsburg was “indisposed due to illness.”She had two cancerous nodules in her left lung removed last December, and had previously been treated for pancreatic cancer in 2009 and colon cancer in 1999.
If Ginsburg, one of four liberal justices on the nine-member Supreme Court, were unable to continue serving, Republican President Donald Trump could replace her with a conservative, further shifting the court to the right. Trump has added two justices since becoming president in January 2017, cementing its 5-4 conservative majority.During oral arguments, Supreme Court justices have the opportunity to directly ask questions of attorneys representing parties to a case.
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