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Exclusive: Justice Ginsburg shrugs off rib injury
Reuters ^ | 9 Aug 2012 | Joan Biskupik

Posted on 08/09/2012 9:27:08 AM PDT by smokingfrog

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 79, the eldest member of the bench and leader of its liberal wing, said she cracked two ribs in June but met all her work obligations and remains committed to staying on the court at least three more years.

Interviewed by Reuters in her chambers on Tuesday, Justice Ginsburg said she felt fine and showed no sign of the injury, which has not been previously reported.

"At first I thought it was nothing," said Ginsburg, who fell at home. She added, however, that the injury occurred at the start of the Supreme Court's difficult final month, "so it was the worst possible time."

Ginsburg, who has survived two serious bouts with cancer, undergoes regular check-ups and said Tuesday her health on that front was "great." She continues to use a personal trainer.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ginsburg; scotus

1 posted on 08/09/2012 9:27:12 AM PDT by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog
Well I'll be damned. And all this time I thought she had an exoskeleton.
2 posted on 08/09/2012 9:29:34 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: smokingfrog

Her political leanings notwithstanding, I wish her the best. Rib injuries are terrible. My poor wife broke three of hers and it was horrible pain.


3 posted on 08/09/2012 9:30:37 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (FUMR)
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To: smokingfrog
Normally I would look forward to her stepping down, but now I fear that Obama will replace her with someone even more liberal.
4 posted on 08/09/2012 9:31:02 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: smokingfrog

Whaaat!? I thought John Roberts was the leader of the court’s liberal wing.


5 posted on 08/09/2012 9:34:54 AM PDT by Afterguard (Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
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To: smokingfrog

Maybe she shrugged it off because she feared going to the zerocare dr. she is so enamored with. The treatment might have been the pill...


6 posted on 08/09/2012 9:41:09 AM PDT by Adder (Da bro has GOT to go!)
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To: Afterguard

He’s in-training for it. He’s in the initiation process right now.


7 posted on 08/09/2012 9:44:46 AM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: smokingfrog

I would have thought her hatchet nose would hit the floor first....


8 posted on 08/09/2012 9:45:49 AM PDT by relictele
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To: smokingfrog
Stay healthy Justice Ginsburg. I don't want Obama replacing you in his last five months.
9 posted on 08/09/2012 9:51:21 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Recycled Olympic tagline Shut up, Bob Costas. Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!)
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To: smokingfrog

Committed to staying “at least three more years”??

Indicates to me she’s expecting a Republican in the White House soon.


10 posted on 08/09/2012 9:55:51 AM PDT by Jedidah
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To: KarlInOhio

She cannot “stay healthy”. Justice Ginsberg has more health problems than you can count, among them pancreatic cancer.

The best we can hope for is that she stays alive.

Has anyone actually heard her speak recently?


11 posted on 08/09/2012 9:59:37 AM PDT by Jedidah
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To: KarlInOhio

Has a lame duck president ever nominated a supreme court justice before?


12 posted on 08/09/2012 10:02:55 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Ruth Buzzi Ginsburg ... can hardly wait to get back to work killing unborn babies, opening borders, granting amnesty to undocumented Democrats, taking away gun ownership, promoting South African law, and destroying U.S. healthcare.

13 posted on 08/09/2012 10:03:48 AM PDT by Zakeet (If you don't like abortions, don't get one. If I don't like guns, we should ban them.)
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To: presently no screen name

14 posted on 08/09/2012 10:10:36 AM PDT by Emperor Palpatine (Tosca, mi fai dimenticare Iddio!!!!!)
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To: Zakeet
Damn....I never SAW the resemblance until you tagged her with that nickname..its uncanny...


15 posted on 08/09/2012 10:15:24 AM PDT by Emperor Palpatine (Tosca, mi fai dimenticare Iddio!!!!!)
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To: Emperor Palpatine

Which side did she break them on?
The left, or the far left?


16 posted on 08/09/2012 11:05:29 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: smokingfrog

I read that she is desperate to hold the seat until Obama is out of office, because she believes Obama would give it to someone who is anti-Jewish.


17 posted on 08/09/2012 11:21:27 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: smokingfrog

She wants to stay on for 3 more years. Obamacare goes viral 2014. She wants to stay on until 2015 to help “find” all the challenges Constitutional. Probably to assist in finding illegals legal and gun grabs authorized, too.

Why else would she pull “3 years” out of her ass?


18 posted on 08/09/2012 11:36:30 AM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: KarlInOhio

Every night I pray for God to let her live at least 30 seconds past Mitt’s swearing in.


19 posted on 08/09/2012 11:42:07 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

I can believe that.


20 posted on 08/09/2012 1:06:41 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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