Chief Justice John Roberts taken to hospital

[DrDan]

Source: local TV talk

Bud Hedinger - Orlando talk host reports Chief Justice John Roberts taken to hospital this afternoon. No details.

No link yet.

[CottonBear]

1. DU thread on this story:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1472475

Reportedly, he had fallen.

[yellowcanine]

26. Falls can be caused by mini strokes. Does he have high blood pressure?

He is a pretty young guy to be having mini strokes though.

[Acadia Blue]

30. Perhaps he is taking anti-inflammatories which can cause HBP

and stroke. He could have an injury or arthrites.

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[Tom Rinaldo]

3. Link

AP

WASHINGTON - Chief Justice John Roberts was taken to a hospital in Maine on Monday after a fall, Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.

Roberts has a summer home in Port Clyde, Maine. The spokeswoman said the chief justice, 52, was taken to the hospital as a precaution.

She said she did not know how he fell or what injuries he might have suffered.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070730/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_roberts_1

[aquart]

13. Unless he fell on his head, it ain't nuttin'.

He can break pretty much anything and still go back to work. Look at Corzine.

[ThomCat]

4. I hate to wish anyone ill,

but I hope his tenure on the supreme court is a short one.

[LeftishBrit]

5. Wow, hope he's OK

(1) I don't want to wish anyone ill.

(2) If anything happens to him, Bush will have to choose his replacement, and there is no one so bad that Bush can't choose someone TWICE as bad to replace him!!!

[Kolesar]

6. Dems could sit on that nomination until 2009

Nothing says the court cannot have eight members.

[BooScout]

7. Hypothetically that's incorrect...

I don't wish anyone ill.........but if Bush has another nominee to the Supreme Court......this time he will have a Majority Democratic Congress to deal with in order to get any nominee thru and it's likely he will chose a more moderate conservative.

[lyonn]

8. True, but, the Dems will no doubt be more diligent

when it comes to approving a new one. Alito is the one that looks unstable when walking and talking.

[woodsprite]

9. Anybody else thinking this is a bad time for this to happen?

Reid better darn well make sure that the Senate meets every week to 9 days inorder to keep any recess appointments of replacements for Gonzo or subs for Chief Justice at bay.

[CountAllVotes]

10. I hope he is ok!

He is too young to be seriously ill and lots of people fall. :(

:dem:

[kaygore]

16. If there is a God, then he is not too young to become the right-hand maiden

to Satan in the inner reaches of Hell.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

38. why?

karma, if it exists, will probably kick this SOB in the teeth. Except, unlike 40,000,000 americans, he has access to the best of the best health care plans in the world.

If, unexpectedly, he sees his own frail human life, his ability to suffer and die, his future pass before his eyes, like it does to hundreds of thousands each day in this country, if it educates him about the harm he inflicts on others, then, yeah, I can see hoping for him. But more likely than not, he won't. He will not recognize life as most of us see it. He will continue in his neocon way of viewing things, and simply add fat to the fire when he recovers and returns to the bench.

[CountAllVotes]

51. have you ever lived or known someone that had seizures?

It is not at all funny and very serious. It not only is affecting him but also his family.

People can die from having a bad seizure.

:dem:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

53. only me mum.

since I was a child. and an uncle (post head trauma), a cousin, and others.

[JDPriestly]

41. He could have fallen while actively involved in climbing or sports.

This is probably just a small incident. I agree with you.

[aquart]

11. Was there lightning?

[Onlooker]

12. Let's all pray n/t

[aquart]

15. Okay:

Dear Lord,

May the evil John Roberts does come back to him and only him, from every place it has gone, from everyone it has harmed.

[kaygore]

20. Better prayer.

Dear God,

Please release Satan's hand-maiden, John Roberts, from his worldly cares and allow him to join once again with the Prince of Darkness in the lowest reaches of Hell.

We pray this in the name of your son, our lord, Jesus.

Amen.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

42. I prayed.

But it didn't come true.

[NoodleyAppendage]

14. See. That's what happens when you attempt to goose step down the stairs.

Neocon, pro-fascist horseplay is inherently dangerous.

J

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. After a fall...He must have tripped on his preconceived notions...

...the ones he didn't bring with him to the job.

[Maine-ah]

18. he fell in his Port Clyde home

taken to PBMC - no other details - acording to scroll on local channel.

on edit:

just an fyi PBMC doesn't have the greatest record locally.

[Tom Rinaldo]

21. Supposedly he was conscious

Chief Justice Roberts taken to hospital



WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, 52, was taken to hospital after falling at his home in Maine, CNN reported on Monday.

CNN cited a Supreme Court spokesperson as saying that Roberts was taken to hospital as a precaution and was conscious.

[MaineDem]

23. I didn't realize he was summer people

Damn!

[Maine-ah]

24. yep. he's right down the road from me.

or more like across the water.

[rodeodance]

35. Roberts bought the home on Hupper Island off Port Clyde last year. Port

Roberts bought the home on Hupper Island off Port Clyde last year. Port Clyde is about 90 miles by car northeast of Portland, midway up the coast of Maine.

[Gormy Cuss]

36. If they only took him to a regional MC, can't be too serious.

Anything really traumatic and they would have sent him straight to Maine Med or Boston.

[sinkingfeeling]

19. He 'took a fall' at his summer home and was taken to the hospital as a precaution.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/07/30/roberts.fall/index.html

[Libby Libenstein]

22. I hope he' s okay.

Some of the hatred and evil wishes being shown in this thread make me sad. :(

He's conservative, and I disagree with some of his positions, but he seems like a decent man.

[Onlooker]

25. I think the hatred is tongue in cheek, but ....

How can he be decent when he uses his power to infringe on women's rights, civil rights, and worker's rights? He's a person whose decisions can affect the well-being of millions, and he has done far more harm than good. He may be a decent man in his private life, but he's a dangerous man on the SC.

[sallyseven]

28. I don't think he is a decent man.

[Acadia Blue]

33. I think he is a very bad man....a neo-con, a fascist.

[youngdem]

32. Just because he looks like a decent man doesn't mean he is..He is an evil, UNAMERICAN man

Ted Bundy also looked like a decent man.

This one is just a serial killer of fundamental rights.

[buff2]

40. Aw,Gee.....

Have you sent him any flowers yet? :eyes:

[mitchum]

46. Fuck that noise; he's a goddamn lowlife fascist

[la la]

27. was a pretzel involved? n/t

[Acadia Blue]

29. He is young and looks so healthy.....

[rodeodance]

31. He does have a past history of one unexplained seizure:

cnn site:

He has no known medical conditions. At 52, he is the youngest of the high court's nine justices.

Roberts served on the influential federal appellate court for the District of Columbia before being nominated to the Supreme Court after the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist.

Sources close to the chief justice said Roberts suffered an unexplained seizure in 1993, soon after his first nomination to the D.C. circuit stalled in the Senate.

Friends blamed the seizure on stress from the confirmation fight, and Roberts limited certain activities such as driving after it happened. But after a few weeks, the problem went away, and he has since not suffered any health crises, the sources said. E-mail to a friend E-mail to a friend

[Acadia Blue]

34. Really?? He could have a brain tumor.....or had taken a med that

causes siezures when discontinued. A good MD should not miss that. I know a person who had a siezure becuase of that.

[Posteritatis]

49. After fourteen years, a brain tumor'd be kinda obvious... (nt)

[Massachusetts]

37. May Roberts and every other Bu$hco appointed treasonous Bastard

rot in hell for their interpretive abuse and misuse of OUR (WE THE PEOPLES), Constitution and Rights!
NO SYMPATHY HERE! MAYBE EXXON OR ONE OF THE BIG CORPS WHO CARE LESS ABOUT OUR COUNTRY AND PEOPLE WILL SEND HIM SOME LILIES.

[Maine-ah]

39. here's the local write-up

http://knox.villagesoup.com/Community/story.cfm?storyID=97371

[David Zephyr]

43. Shameless conceit makes me wish he'd read this thread at the DU last week.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1455733

[eppur_se_muova]

44. Great, just don't bring him back. nt

[mitchum]

45. Fuck him; it wouldn't bother me if that was a one way trip

[blayne]

47. Chief Justice John Roberts has suffered a seizure.

This just in from cnn.com:

"Chief Justice John Roberts has suffered a seizure and is hospitalized in Maine, the Supreme Court says."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

48. 7 P.M. - Seizure

that's what they're now reporting.

Benign idiopathic seizure.

I don't how a seizure could be considered benign.

[CountAllVotes]

50. he could have epilepsy

or he could have another disease that has the symptoms of seizures - i.e. ...

>> Causes of Seizures

This section discusses 388 medical conditions causing Seizures.

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/symptoms/seizures/causes.htm

note: one cause - Marijuana - marijuana or cannabis use can trigger seizures in epileptics.


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[catnhatnh]

52. There are 300 million screwed Americans...

...and I can no longer ellicit concerns for those whom have helped to abbrogate the constitution.I refuse to "wish him well" or pretend I hope for an early recovery.In my heart of hearts, I pray he dies slowly by an STD that he could have avoided by the condom use he felt it was wrong to advocate for American youth.I hope that tonight, John Roberts confronts his mortality, and then, weighing himself, finds himself as wanting as I do...

[NuttyFluffers]

54. i love happy endings, too!

:hug:

[Maine-ah]

55. updated

http://knox.villagesoup.com/Community/story.cfm?storyID=97371