Ginsburg Attends Concert In First Public Appearance Since Surgery

Supreme Court Justice, and opera aficionado, Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a panel discussion, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, during the American Bar Association's annual meeting in Chicago. Ginsburg was joined other pa... Supreme Court Justice, and opera aficionado, Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a panel discussion, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, during the American Bar Association's annual meeting in Chicago. Ginsburg was joined other panelists as they listened to performances of arias in an unusual discussion of the lessons operatic performance can bring to the law. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) MORE LESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made her first public appearance since undergoing lung cancer surgery, attending a concert in her honor given by her daughter-in-law and other musicians.

Ginsburg, 85, had surgery in New York on Dec. 21. She missed arguments at the court in January, her first illness-related absence in more than 25 years as a justice, and has been recuperating at her home in Washington.

On Monday night, Ginsburg attended a concert at a museum a few blocks from the White House. It was given by Patrice Michaels, who is married to Ginsburg’s son, James. Michaels is a soprano and composer.

The concert was dedicated to Ginsburg’s life in the law.

The justice sat in the back of the darkened auditorium at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The National Constitution Center, which sponsored the concert, did not permit photography.

The performance concluded with a song set to Ginsburg’s answers to questions.
In introducing the last song, Michaels said, “bring our show to a close, but not the epic and notorious story of RBG.”

Ginsburg had two previous bouts with cancer. She had colorectal cancer in 1999 and pancreatic cancer in 2009.

James Ginsburg said before the concert that his mother is walking a mile a day and meeting with her personal trainer twice a week.

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  1. Stand by for posting from Infowars proving that this is a double sent in by desperate Democrats.

  2. Hooray!!!

    Good for her.

  3. “Ginsburg had two previous bouts with cancer. She had colorectal cancer in 1999 and pancreatic cancer in 2009.”

    “Ginsburg, a Cyberdyne Systems Model 101, is an efficient killing machine with a powerful metal endoskeleton and an external layer of living tissue that makes it appear human.”

  4. James Ginsburg said before the concert that his mother is walking a mile a day and meeting with her personal trainer twice a week.

    More than I am doing, while a few decades younger.

    Notorious!

  5. Best news today. She looks glorious.

    And you know, I don’t disparage the WWC or the red states. I eat food too. I don’t get my car fixed by a Chinese factory worker or a German engineer. I’ve done some manual labor myself, and I grew up around farms. But don’t think of yourselves as the Real America, gang. Old Jewish legal experts and their daughters-in-law who sing and compose music to be played in concert halls are Real America too. And we’re the ones who came running to save everyone’s America while it’s in danger. Ethnic people, minorities, people who need for America to be what it claims to be. Hope you see that some day. Meantime be polite. We got a whole army of tough old birds and they’re kicking your ass all by themselves. All he have to do is watch and laugh. Be well, Notorious!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmzMzmnB-iQ

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