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.”
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