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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Officials from the United States Supreme Court say Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore Friday with chills and a fever.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Officials said in a statement that Ginsburg, 86, is being treated for a possible infection. She is expected to be released as soon as Sunday morning.

She underwent lung surgery last December, missing six days of arguments. A month earlier, she fell in her home and broke three ribs.

Ginsburg was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton in 1993.

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