Two Supreme Court justices have had cancer. Another has a stent to keep an artery open. Now the chief justice has suffered his second unexplained seizure in 14 years. The justices themselves decide whether and how to continue their work in the midst of health problems, but the disclosure of Chief Justice John Roberts' seizure last week called attention to a thorny issue -- protecting the justices' privacy and especially news about their health.
August 06, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Two Supreme Court justices have had cancer. Another has a stent to keep an artery open. Now the chief justice has suffered his second unexplained seizure in 14 years.
Like society at large, the Court lives with health issues large and small, letting the justices themselves decide whether and how to continue their work. In an institution that zealously guards the justices’ privacy, how much to tell the public also gets decided on a case-by-case basis.
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