Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC, on Friday evening "after experiencing flu-like symptoms," the court’s public information office said Sunday evening, but he does not have Covid-19.
Highlights
- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC, on Friday evening.
- Thomas was diagnosed with an infection, and is being treated with intravenous antibiotics.
- Thomas is expected to be released from the hospital in a day or two.
- Thomas will not participate remotely in oral arguments over the telephone Monday, a spokesperson for the Supreme Court said.
- The justices, all of whom are vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19, are expected to take the bench Monday morning for arguments.
- After years of near total silence from the bench, Thomas now regularly asks the first question at oral arguments.