Ginsburg ‘Up And Working’ From Hospital After Injury From Fall

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks after receiving the American Law Institute's Henry J. Friendly Medal in Washington, DC, on May 14, 2018. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo credit should rea... US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks after receiving the American Law Institute's Henry J. Friendly Medal in Washington, DC, on May 14, 2018. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is reportedly recovering quickly from the fractured rib injury she sustained from a fall in her office, Reuters reported. 

According to Ginsburg’s nephew Daniel Stiepleman, Ginsburg is “up and working” and “cracking jokes” from her hospital bed just hours after she was admitted to George Washington University Hospital Thursday morning with three fractured ribs. Ginsburg, who is the oldest Supreme Court justice at 85, fell while working in her office Wednesday evening.

“I can’t promise they were good jokes but they were jokes,” Stiepleman told Reuters Thursday evening from the premiere of his new documentary about one of his aunt’s most famous cases from 1972, “On the Basis of Sex.”

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  1. Team Kav is going to have to buy a bigger bus.

  2. According to Ginsburg’s nephew Daniel Stiepleman, Ginsburg is “up and working

    Obviously, she knows exactly what everyone is thinking.

  3. Thankfully, she’s a tough old bird. I hope they find out who tossed the banana peel in her office.

  4. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    On the one hand, I want to say, “yeah, been there with the broken ribs thing, it hurts, try not to cough or sneeze, but life goes on”

    On the other hand, I am not 85 years old.

    Rock on, RBG

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