Chief Justice Rehnquist Hospitalized With Cancer

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WASHINGTON (AP) - William H. Rehnquist, a conservative who is the second oldest man ever to be chief justice of the Supreme Court, has been hospitalized with thyroid cancer. The 80-year-old Rehnquist spent the weekend in Bethesda Naval Hospital in suburban Maryland, and underwent a tracheotomy on Saturday, the Supreme Court said Monday in a statement.

It looks even more certain that the winner of the election will get to choose at least one new Supreme Court Judge.

 

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Actually, maybe it's not that big of a deal...

Other members of the high court have also been treated for cancer. Justice John Paul Stevens, the oldest at 84, has had prostate cancer. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor had breast cancer and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had colon cancer.