最高法院法官鲁斯·巴德·金斯伯格于2019年9月12日在DC华盛顿州乔治敦法律中心发表讲话。金斯堡法官向300多名与会者讲述了最高法院的前一届任期。
最高法院法官鲁斯·巴德·金斯伯格因当天早些时候发冷和发烧住院华盛顿邮报。
最高法院女发言人凯西·阿尔贝格在一份新闻稿中说，金斯堡首先在华盛顿特区西布利纪念医院接受评估，然后被转移到马里兰州巴尔的摩的约翰·霍普金斯医院接受进一步观察。
86岁的金斯堡正在接受“任何可能的感染”的评估新闻稿称，她有静脉注射液和抗生素，症状已经减轻。
她可能会在周日出院。
金斯堡在过去的一年里因受伤和住院而被边缘化，包括一年前她在法院的办公室摔倒。她左侧三根肋骨骨折，在乔治华盛顿大学医院接受治疗和观察。
今年八月，她完成了为期三周的胰腺恶性肿瘤放射治疗。尽管许多网络谣言称金斯堡去年死于疾病，但她出席了一次公开采访，并说，“身体其他部位没有疾病的迹象。”
她告诉人群那天在华盛顿的国家图书节上，“观众可以看到，我还活着。”
金斯堡在1993年被比尔·克林顿总统提名为最高法院法官，她是第二位被任命为该国最高法院法官的女性(桑德拉·戴·奥康纳是第一位)。自从金斯堡第一次上法庭以来，另外两名女性——索尼娅·索托马约尔和埃琳娜·卡根——已经被任命，至今仍在任职。
尽管金斯伯格是九名最高法院大法官之一，但她的年龄和健康状况让民主党人担心，如果她的健康状况继续恶化，唐纳德·特朗普总统可能会任命她最终的继任者。
特朗普当选总统后已经任命了两名最高法院大法官。他在2017年总统就职大约一周半后提名尼尔·戈尔苏奇(Neil Gorsuch)，并在2018年提名布雷特·卡瓦努阿接替安东尼·肯尼迪。民主党人担心特朗普会让法院拥有右翼法官。
金斯堡在过去的20年里一直在处理健康问题，包括与癌症的几次斗争。1999年，她接受了结肠癌手术，并接受了化疗和放疗。2009年，她又患了一次胰腺癌，在折断三根肋骨后，她的肺部被切除了癌瘤。
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG HOSPITALIZED FOR CHILLS, FEVER
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivers remarks at the Georgetown Law Center on September 12, 2019, in Washington, DC. Justice Ginsburg spoke to over 300 attendees about the Supreme Court's previous term.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Friday night for chills and fever she experienced earlier in the day, according to the Washington Post.
Ginsburg was first evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., before getting transferred to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, for further observation, Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said in a press release.
Ginsburg, 86, is being evaluated for "any possible infection." She has intravenous fluids and antibiotics, and her symptoms have abated, the press release stated.
She could be released from the hospital by Sunday.
Ginsburg has been sidelined with injuries and hospital visits over the last year, including a year ago when she fell in her office at the Court. She fractured three ribs on her left side and spent time at George Washington University Hospital for treatment and observation.
In August this year, she completed three weeks of radiation for a malignant tumor on her pancreas. Though many internet rumors swirled that Ginsburg had died through ailments over the last year, she showed up for a public interview and said, "there is no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body."
She told the crowd that day at the National Book Festival in Washington that, "this audience can see, I am alive."
Ginsburg was nominated to the Court by President Bill Clinton in 1993, and she was the second woman ever appointed to the highest court in the land (Sandra Day O'Connor was the first). Since Ginsburg first got on the Court, two other females—Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan—have been appointed, and still serve today.
Although Ginsburg, who typically is left-leaning, is one of nine Supreme Court Justices, her age and health have Democrats fearing President Donald Trump could appoint her eventual replacement should her health continue to falter.
Trump has already appointed two Supreme Court Justices since becoming president. He nominated Neil Gorsuch about a week and a half after the presidential inauguration in 2017, and he nominated Brett Kavanuagh in 2018 to succeed Anthony Kennedy. Democrats fear Trump could stock the Court with right-leaning Justices.
Ginsburg has dealt with health issues over the last 20 years, including several battles with cancer. She had surgery for colon cancer in 1999, and received chemotherapy and radiation for it, too. She had another bout with pancreatic cancer in 2009, and she had cancerous nodules removed from her lungs after breaking her three ribs.
