Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been released from the hospital Tuesday and is home recovering from surgery to remove two cancerous nodules in her lungs.
The nodes were discovered after the 85 year old took a fall and fractured her ribs. The cancer was caught early, removed, and had not spread, so no follow-up treatment is necessary, doctors say. With a history of cancer—she had surgery for colorectal cancer in 1999 and was treated for early stage pancreatic cancer in 2009—a clean bill of health now is most welcome.
Ginsburg worked from the hospital last week, and did good work. She cast the deciding vote to block Individual 1’s proposed immigrant asylum restrictions. The court's ruling prevents the administration from implementing new rules to prohibit people crossing the border illegally from seeking asylum.