(Justice) Ginsburg Has Pancreatic Cancer

[trof]

Source: AP from thuthout

A justice since 1993, she has had colon cancer earlier in her tenure.

Washington - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery Thursday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the court said.
The cancer was apparently in the early stages, according to the court announcement.

Ginsburg, 75, had the surgery at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. She will remain in the hospital for seven to 10 days, said her surgeon, Dr. Murray Brennan, according to a release issued by the court.

In 1999, Ginsburg had surgery for colon cancer and had chemotherapy and radiation treatment. The only woman on the court, she has been a justice since 1993.

Read more: http://www.truthout.org/020509G

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My condolences to Justice Ginsberg, but...Obama's first appointment?

[ohio2007]

1. Obama going to fill the seat ? nt

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

3. He'll have to.

Not to be morbid, but pancreatic cancer is vicious and very hard to treat.

[trof]

5. Sadly, yes. One of the worst ones you can get.

[marshall]

63. God bless her for holding out until Obama can fill her seat

Hopefully whoever he nominates won't have tax problems! That seems to be all the rage nowadays.

[robinlynne]

2. He better not put in a republican or a blue dog or I'll mutiny!

[rrneck]

4. I wonder if we will revisit the "nuclear option"? nt

[bluesmail]

6. She hasn't looked well for years- (I AM a fan of Justice Ginsburg).

I'll support her till the day she's not supprtable. This is terrible news.

[DFW]

7. Obama has a moral obligation to those who voted him into office

And that is to replace retiring Supreme Court Justices with other who think like those
people who voted for Obama in the first place. If he can make a deal that the Democratic
Governor of New Hampshire will appoint a Republican to fill the seat of a retiring Republican
when he didn't have to, then he certainly can appoint a liberal, progressive-minded Supreme
Court Justice to replace a like-minded one that is retiring.

Obviously, he also has the obligation to replace any other retirees with Justices who are
in the mode of Bader-Ginsburg, even if those retirees are right-wing zealots like Scalia,
Thomas, Alito and Roberts. Alito and Roberts probably won't be retiring during Obama's term
in office, but Scalia might. He is already over 70, and overweight. Thomas, while evil and
incompetent, does not appear to have health or age issues yet, and nor do the two lightweight
younger right-wingers appointed by Bush Lite. Stevens, nearing 90, will probably retire soon,
and like with Bader-Ginsburg, should be replaced with someone both competent and liberal.

Let the fanatical right scream. The country has suffered enough rulings from a right-wing
majority, including the most disastrous one of all: the one that put Bush Lite into the Oval
Office to begin with.

The Supreme Court is not to be trifled with, and it is NOT the place to make "bi-partisan" gestures.

Obama's appointees will be there long after he is gone, just as the country will suffer the presence
on the Court of Alito and Roberts for years, maybe decades, after Bush Lite has sunk to the bottom
of American history's cesspool. He has a moral obligation to the country to put on the court
justices who will interpret the Constitution as being for the protection of the citizens of the
country, and not of some moneyed or religiously fanatic elite.

I hope someone reminds him of this in case he is considering some "strict constructionist" to
placate a right wing that couldn't care less about being placated.

[rfranklin]

8. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized

Source: MSNBC

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Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[Renew Deal]

9. Oh geez

I hope she's OK.

[mentalsolstice]

10. Pancreatic cancer...early stage. eom

[JerseygirlCT]

43. Oh that's awful. Really, really awful

She's my favorite.

[hamsterjill]

45. She's my favorite, too.

Wishing her well...

[seafan]

11. Surgery due to pancreatic cancer (heard on local radio) n/t

[zbdent]

12. soon to be breaking news ...

Ginsburg's pancreas will have a Faux News Network talk show, where the main topic discussed will be how her "liberal rulings" (aside from the fact that Hatch recommended her) caused her pancreas to become diseased ...

[orleans]

13. cnn said she has already had surgery n/t

[shaniqua6392]

14. I hope she will recover soon.

I did not even know she was sick.

[salib]

15. Unfortunately, her odds are very poor

I lost a friend to pancreatic cancer.

Here is one site: http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/news/in-vivo/vol4_iss2_may_jun_05/deadliest_cancer.html

"
Surgery gives a patient with pancreatic cancer the best odds for survival. Pictured above is the Whipple procedure, the most common operation for pancreatic cancer. This difficult procedure involves removing the head of the pancreas, the lower part of the stomach, the entire duodenum and, sometimes, the spleen. The five-year survival rate after this operation is 20 percent."

[aquart]

16. 20 percent.

[Baby Snooks]

18. She may beat the odds...

It was discovered during a routine CAT scan examination which of course most Americans do not receive because even with health insurance it is something most insurers do not want to pay for.

She may beat the odds but everyone in Congress should realize why if she does. They deny us the same level of health care that they have.

[GinaMaria]

21. I hope they did catch this early enough

and that scans become preventative/ early detection screening for everyone in the very near future. This might make a very public case for just such a thing.

[cascadiance]

19. Patrick Swayze has pancreatic cancer and it has spread to his liver...

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00020236.html

And he knows his time is limited now.

I believe that this is also what Steve Jobs has too.

[Aristus]

31. Survival for longer than a year is rare. But my father is in his 14th month of recovery.

He had the Whipple operation, radiation and chemo. He lost over 90 pounds, and still has severe abdominal pains now and then. But he has stabilized a great deal, and his doctors are optimistic. He's a tough old buzzard.

God bless, Justice Ginsberg! Get better soon!

[Jefferson23]

17. What a great woman, I do hope she will recover. All the very best to

you Justice Ginsburg.

[garybeck]

20. This is what Andy Stephenson had. n/t

[coffeenap]

30. Indeed.

[Zhade]

52. I'll never forgive that monster Bev Harris for helping kill him by lying about his illness.

NT!

[ronnykmarshall]

22. Oh no!

Best wishes!

[emlev]

23. Oh, no. Best wishes to her. n/t

[jgraz]

24. Obama better start checking the tax status of liberal jurists

Pancreatic cancer. Damn, that's a shitty way to go. :(

[Hell Hath No Fury]

25. She gave one of the finest dissenting statements EVER...

in Bush vs. Gore in regards to the majority ruling, that ended with these two words:

"I dissent."

Period. No "I respectfully dissent" (the traditional phrase).

Just "I dissent".

It was as big a "fuck you" as a Supreme Court Justice can give, and I have loved her for it ever since. :loveya:

Wishing her a full recovery.


http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bush_v._Gore/Dissent/Ginsburg

[2Design]

26. hope obama picks a liberal - but there is no telling with the picks

so far - we could wind up with a centrist or conservative

[Chulanowa]

47. Let's hope he won't need to!

Or if he does, it'll be because Thomas finally got his head so far up Scalia's ass that he suffocated, causing TSS for Antonin. Mwahahahaha.

Sorry, not nice, I know.

Mwahaha.

[Zhade]

54. No kidding.

He BETTER pick a liberal, or all those here who reminded us of how important it was to have a Dem pick SC justices will see their words turn to ashes.

[humbled_opinion]

56. Oh Please

Obama is much smarter than that. He knows the backlash that will come from nominating anyone that would help SCOTUS overturn the privacy rights of the people.

[LynneSin]

27. God Bless her and thank goodness she was able to hold out until now

God knows what Bush would have replaced her with.

[PassingFair]

29. If there is an eternal reward....

this woman SURE DESERVES IT.

I echo your sentiments!

[Baby Snooks]

51. She's certainly steely...

Her health has not been good so there may be an element of her simply wanting to hold out until he was gone. Fearing, as you said, what Bush would have replaced her with. Hopefully she will hold out for a long time. She is really a champion for people in a country where the people no longer matter.

[SnowCritter]

28. Pancreatic cancer took my father

It wasn't diagnosed early - he only lasted a couple of months.

And I still miss him terribly.:cry:

[Venceremos]

32. Ginsburg is hospitalized with pancreatic cancer (Supreme Court Justice)

Source: Breitbart

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery Thursday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the court said.

Ginsburg, 75, had the surgery at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. She will remain in the hospital for seven to 10 days, said her surgeon, Dr. Murray Brennan, according to a release issued by the court.

The court announcement said the cancer is apparently in the early stages.

In 1999, Ginsburg had surgery for colon cancer and had chemotherapy and radiation treatment. The only woman on the court, she has been a justice since 1993.

The pancreatic cancer was discovered during a routine, annual exam late last month at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.

Read more: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D965J8380&show_article=1

[Faygo Kid]

33. Wow. Not good.

All the best to her.

THIS is a HUGE reason we had to put Obama in the White House over a Rethug.

[Mithreal]

35. In the spirit of bipartisanship President Obama picks... nt

[rosesaylavee]

34. This is not good news for her or her family

Cancer of the pancreas is one of the worst ones to recover from. Our prayers are with her and her family.

[Raster]

36. Bless her heart. Justice Ginsburg has been a tireless judicial advocate for true democracy

and one of the members of the progressive side of the bench. Bless her heart.
:cry:

[redirish28]

37. My wife and I hope for the best for Justice Ginsburg. My wife just

told me how ugly this cancer can be. She watched her grandmother die from it. It may sound cruel but she hopes Justice Gingbergs goes quickly. Her memories are those of her Grandmother in unbelievable pain and suffering.

[gauguin57]

38. Prayers for Justic Ginsberg.

I pray her surgery is successful I heard the tumor is very small. I pray it hasn't spread. I pray her pain will be minimal, and her recovery restful.

And I thank God and the American people that Barack Obama is in the White House!

[Bake]

39. God bless you, Justice Ginsberg.

And this, friends, is why this election mattered so much. Imagine her replacement being nominated by a President McCain.

Bake

[No Elephants]

65. Or President Palin. By the election, McCain was NOT looking very good.

[kestrel91316]

40. She held on until the danger was past - bless her heart. I hope she

is not in pain, and that if she has to go, she goes without suffering.

[trashcanistanista]

46. Yes she did,

She waited for Obama. She is a hero.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

41. Oh shit...

Please get better Ruth...Please!

[DesertFlower]

42. i'm sending her positive thoughts.

[glinda]

44. Me too.

[Hekate]

48. I'm so sorry. That tiny woman has been a stalwart. nt

[NikolaC]

49. Best Wishes To Her

and her family. I think that she is wonderful and hope for her recovery. Even though I know that the numbers are not that great, there is always a chance.

[sakabatou]

50. Vibes for Ginsberg

[McCamy Taylor]

53. Get well soon Justice Ginsberg. You are one of the few truly just Justices!

[hedgehog]

55. With regrets for what this means to the Justice and her family, but

do you realize the rest of us just ducked a bullet? President Obama will be appointing her replacement, not President McCain!

[grace0418]

57. I hope she recovers quickly, but if she cannot, I hope she suffers as little pain

as possible. :(

[Ilsa]

58. I bet Pat Robertson is really broken up over it. Didn't he pray for her death

a few years ago so Dumbya could put another fundie on the SCOTUS?

Blessings to her and her friends and family.

[YOY]

59. The only thing that could come out of this good is that not happening.

Poor Ginsburg...

[Towlie]

60. I wish her the best, but how many of us get healthcare that would have even detected that in time?

[Odin2005]

61. Just heard about it on MSNBC.

Crap, doesn't pancreatic cancer progress horribly fast? :-(

[MasonJar]

62. Oh, no. She is our (progressives) best judge. I am so worried. I hope this is

not life or job-threatening. She cannot be replaced. After some of his appointments, I fear Obama will not do a superior job with this seat if it becomes vacant. Thank God above though that we do not have McCain/Palin.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

64. There is evidence that resveratrol sensitizes pancreatic cancer

cells to radiation.... I doubt she will be given any... but I hope by some twist of fate someone with some authority considers it for her sake.

[No Elephants]

66. I pray she makes it, but, if that is not to be, I hope and pray that she goes as

physically, emotionally and spiritually painless as possible.

She must be a saint. Even Scalia likes her.