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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized For 'Chills And Fever'

The 86-year-old justice was hospitalized on Friday, but in a statement the Supreme Court said her symptoms "have abated," and she could be released as early as Sunday morning.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a discussion at Georgetown University Law Center on July 2, 2019.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Friday after experiencing what the Supreme Court described as "chills and fever."

"She was initially evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital

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