Ruth Bader Ginsburg at an event at the Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center in New York City on Sept. 21, 2016. Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had two cancerous nodules removed from her left lung Friday.
Spokesperson Kathy Arberg said in a release that the 85-year-old jurist is “resting comfortably.”
CNN reports that, “there is no evidence of any remaining disease, says a court spokesperson, nor is there evidence of disease elsewhere in the body.”
The justice was previously hospitalized in November after she fell in her office. She quickly recovered the next day and returned to work.
Ginsburg, was appointed as judge in 1993 by former President Bill Clinton. Justice Ginsburg is the oldest judge currently serving and has been a huge liberal voice and advocate for women’s rights while sitting on court. Ginsburg has been popular among young audiences and biopic about her life “On the Basis of Sex” starring Felicity Jones hits theaters Dec. 25
The “Notorious RBG” has dealt with several medical issues over the years. She was treated in 1999 for colon cancer and in 2009 for pancreatic cancer.
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