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Ruth Bader Ginsburg declares she’s ‘cancer free’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg declares she’s ‘cancer free’
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has declared she is “cancer free,” beating the disease for the fourth time after undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer in the summer.Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has declared she is “cancer free,” beating the disease for the fourth time after undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer in the summer.
The 86-year-old justice, one of the oldest to serve on the Supreme Court, offered the health update to CNN in an interview in her chambers Tuesday evening.The 86-year-old justice, one of the oldest to serve on the Supreme Court, offered the health update to CNN in an interview in her chambers Tuesday evening.
“I’m cancer free. That’s good,” Ginsburg said, with CNN reporting that she was “sounding energized and speaking animatedly.”“I’m cancer free. That’s good,” Ginsburg said, with CNN reporting that she was “sounding energized and speaking animatedly.”
Ginsburg’s intensive radiation treatment for a malignant tumor on her pancreas in August had followed a diagnosis of lung cancer at the end of 2018 that resulted in the removal of part of her left lung and forced her to miss oral arguments for the first time in 25 years on the bench.Ginsburg’s intensive radiation treatment for a malignant tumor on her pancreas in August had followed a diagnosis of lung cancer at the end of 2018 that resulted in the removal of part of her left lung and forced her to miss oral arguments for the first time in 25 years on the bench.
The feminist icon appeared in public shortly after her August treatment, telling a rapturous crowd at the National Book Festival in Washington that “This audience can see that I am alive.” The feminist icon appeared in public shortly after her August treatment, telling a rapturous crowd at the National Book Festival in Washington that “this audience can see that I am alive.”
But the back-to-back health scares worried Democrats who don’t want her liberal voice replaced on the nation’s highest court with a conservative one by President Trump.But the back-to-back health scares worried Democrats who don’t want her liberal voice replaced on the nation’s highest court with a conservative one by President Trump.
The court is split 5-4 in favor of Republican-appointed justices. If Trump fills another open seat, as he’s predicted he will, it would cement the Supreme Court as right-leaning for generations. The court is split 5-4 in favor of Republican-appointed justices. If Trump fills another open seat, it would cement the Supreme Court’s lean to the right for generations.
Ginsburg’s fans, many of who call her the “Notorious RBG” and have her likeness as action figures, tattoos and on ugly Christmas sweaters, celebrated the news of her clean bill of health on social media. Ginsburg’s fans, many of whom call her the “Notorious RBG” and have her likeness as action figures and tattoos and on ugly Christmas sweaters, celebrated the news of her clean bill of health on social media.
“I swear, this woman is made of some magical stuff! #RBG,” @dr_seminnis wrote on Twitter.“I swear, this woman is made of some magical stuff! #RBG,” @dr_seminnis wrote on Twitter.
“A rare piece of good news in this day & age! #RBG,” @PettyBettyBB tweeted. Ginsburg beat cancer for the first time in 1999 after she was diagnosed with colon cancer and again in 2009 when she was treated for pancreatic cancer.
Ginsburg beat cancer for the first time in 1999 when she was diagnosed with colon cancer and again in 2009 when she was treated for pancreatic cancer.
She told CNN in 2018 that she believed she had “at least five more years” on the court.She told CNN in 2018 that she believed she had “at least five more years” on the court.