WASHINGTON—Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been discharged from the hospital and is doing well, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said Sunday.

The 86-year-old justice was hospitalized Friday after experiencing chills and fever earlier in the day, the court said over the weekend.

She had been evaluated initially at Sibley Memorial Hospital near her home in Washington, but later was transferred to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore “for further evaluation and treatment of any possible infection,” according to a court statement Saturday.

Her symptoms improved with antibiotics and fluids, and she had been expected to return home Sunday, the court said.

Justice Ginsburg, the court’s oldest member, has experienced a series of health issues in recent years. She missed a day of arguments earlier this month because of a stomach bug, according to the court. Over the summer, she received radiation treatment for a tumor on her pancreas. Last December, she underwent surgery to remove two cancerous growths from her left lung.


Despite such difficulties, she has maintained an active public schedule alongside her work at the court. Last month, she joined former President Bill Clinton, who appointed her to the high court in 1993, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for a panel at Georgetown University Law Center to discuss the justice’s nomination.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on Dec. 2 and is privately considering several matters, including President Trump’s petitions to block subpoenas that New York state prosecutors and the House Oversight Committee issued to his accounting firm for his financial records.

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