Ruth Bader Ginsburg went months without announcing that the cancer returned

Washington – The judge of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg He waited more than four months to announce that his cancer had returned and that he was undergoing chemotherapy.

One difference between this occasion and his other battles against cancer is that, due to the coronavirus, the magistrates of the highest court have not physically appeared in public since the beginning of March. It was on that date that they closed the court building except for essential cases, and then they postponed arguments and agreed to hold their meetings by phone.

In a way, the court became more accessible with the decision to broadcast its arguments live by phone in May. But the impossibility of seeing the magistrates and after seeing them after the conclusion of arguments on May 13, made what happened in the courthouse unknown.

In an institution that jealously protects the privacy of judges, it is only up to each judge to decide whether or not to disclose any health issue. And because the charge is for life, only judges can decide the date of her retirement.

Ginsburg, who was in the hospital last week and later released, has said he intends to remain in court, a decision likely influenced by the knowledge that in his absence it will be up to President Donald Trump to nominate a replacement.

“If there is a golden rule for this court, it is that judges do everything in their power to protect the institution from political attacks in electoral years, when public scrutiny of government institutions increases. Ginsburg may be trying, to the best of her ability, to protect the court, to protect herself, to be a campaign issue in 2020 ″Artemus Ward, a political scientist at Northern Illinois University, estimated.

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