Thomas, 73, was handled for an an infection with intravenous antibiotics, the court docket stated, and didn’t have COVID-19.
United States Supreme Courtroom choose Clarence Thomas has been discharged from the hospital almost every week after he was taken in with “flu-like signs”.
Thomas, 73, was handled for an an infection with intravenous antibiotics. The Supreme Courtroom on Friday didn’t say why he remained within the hospital longer than initially thought or what sort of an infection he was handled for however added he didn’t have COVID-19.
He has been vaccinated and boosted, like the remainder of the court docket.
Thomas, a conservative and appointee of former President George W Bush, has been on the court docket since 1991.
The justice missed arguments on the excessive court docket on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, however Chief Justice John Roberts stated Thomas would take part within the circumstances utilizing briefs the events filed and the transcript of the arguments.
BREAKING: Clarence Thomas was discharged from the hospital right this moment, the Supreme Courtroom stated. The court docket gave no additional info.
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Thomas’s launch from hospital comes after Supreme Courtroom nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson completed three days of affirmation hearings on Wednesday.
Throughout questioning, Republicans tried to color her as gentle on crime and Democrats heralded her historic nomination to be the primary Black lady on the excessive court docket.
In February, President Joe Biden, a Democrat, named Ketanji to interchange Stephen Breyer, who’s retiring on the finish of the session this summer season.
On Thursday, the Washington Submit and CBS Information reported that Thomas’s spouse Virginia had despatched textual content messages imploring White Home Chief of Employees Mark Meadows to behave to overturn the 2020 presidential election, furthering Donald Trump’s unfounded claims that the vote was marred by fraud.
The 29 messages the pair exchanged got here within the weeks after the vote in November 2020, when Trump and his prime allies stated they deliberate to go to the Supreme Courtroom to have the outcomes voided.
The texts don’t instantly reference Clarence or the Supreme Courtroom. However she has beforehand admitted to attending Trump’s “Cease the Steal” rally that preceded the Capitol riot.
Virginia additionally has beforehand denied conflicts of curiosity between her activism and her husband’s place on the excessive court docket.