The Chief Justice is in the hospital:
WASHINGTON - Chief Justice John Roberts was taken to a hospital in Maine on Monday after falling while on vacation, the Supreme Court told NBC News.
Roberts, 52, fell at his summer home between 2 and 3 p.m. ET off Port Clyde. The court said he was taken to a hospital as a precaution.
Normally, I would have chalked this story up to the media’s 24-hour obsession with even the smallest foibles of our public figures. However, this little item made the story a bit more noteworthy:
NBC News reported that Roberts suffered a seizure while playing golf in January 1993. He was not allowed to drive for several months and took the bus to work, news agencies reported at the time.
As to today’s incident, a court spokesperson said she did not know what caused the fall or the nature of his injuries. However, an EMT reportedly said Roberts was conscious and alert during his ride to the hospital.
UPDATE
The Associated Press is now reporting that, indeed, Roberts suffered a seizure and will remain in the hospital overnight.
Doctors called Monday’s incident “a benign idiopathic seizure,” Arberg said. The White House described the January 1993 episode as an “isolated, idiosyncratic seizure.”
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Let the hate-filled left-wing rants begin!
Schumer today was decrying the appointment of Roberts and Alito. He is determined to not have any more Bush appointments pass, and his words ” feels Roberts and Alito pulled the wool over their eyes” . If you heard any of the interrogation of these two judges, you would know how stupid the left sounded trying to question them. When the left cannot win by voting they will rule by the courts.
2. aw
I think Chuckie’s comments are a scream. After the last 20 years of S Ct nominations, I don’t know if I’d admit to being as gullible as he apparently is.
tedtam, dailykos has a couple of hall monitors trying to keep the hate-filled nuts in check, without much success. This particular comment caught my eye:
How can they say that with a straight face?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/30/152418/792
Hamous - Because the liberals of the 21st century are mentally diseased. Seriously, their poor brains just simply do not work as they were designed to work… It’s tragic, actually. I pity most of them…
Can you imagine trying to get through the day with thoughts and beliefs such as your example from Kos?
How come they can post on LST, but we can’t post on their site?
You know what’s really sad? You are so caught up in your ideology that it did not occur to you to actually be concerned for his health and well-being. That’s all that I could think about, and I am no fan of his decisions. The man quite possibly has a hidden illness that could cut short his life, or at least his productive life, long before his natural peak. My own daughter has had an occasional seizure, and let me tell you, few things are more frightening to family members. It can be worse for the family members than the victim, since the victim may not have any actual memory of what took place. And think about riding the bus to work for part or even the rest of your life — think about it! My daughter is 19 and still does not have a drivers license because of it.
Think about the man and forget about your stupid politics for once.
Good grief, he just took a fall………and was only taken to a hospital as a precaution. They did not say, he suffered a seizure and had to be hospitalized. I took a fall walking the dog and had to skinnded knees…. big deal. I think Justice Roberts is a fine man. I think Schumer is a dangerous goofus.
But, AW, did he take a fall with the correct angle from on high?
huh bigjoll? splain splain? Do you mean do I think he had a head injury? I think they would have said so, if he did.
They are now reporting it was a seizure with no immediate cause found yet.
John Roberts is not my friend. He’s the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Why shouldn’t I think of it in a political manner?
At this point, I have some suspicions of operatives of the Democrat Party having something to do with this.
Oh Hamous that does change things. I thought he just took a tumble…….. Sorry I was so glib.
#7 GR: That is terrible. I cannot imagine waiting your WHOLE life to be able to drive, only to find out that you can’t. I’m so sorry. I hope she will be able to someday.
So can we start spreading “interesting theories” about how Schumer caused the seizure? Maybe get a college professor from some obscure college to come up with a theory on how it happened and start a website to publicize it?
/trutherwhacko
OK a theory on Shumer and the seizure. While Justice Roberts was sleeping…….. Schumer flew a radio controlled fly up his nose. The fly was imbedded with a drug that excellerates a seizure in those who have had at least one. The fly works its way into the sinus passages……. (did anyone mention Justice ) When the fly attaches itself to the highest point it can go….. ( not a physiology person) a seizure results. Schumer was seen buying a minute motor for his fly and after checking his email, it was discovered the drug was purchased online.
Close, but it was actually coated with anaerobic microbes.
crud I messed up my theory……. it should read, did anyone mention Justice Roberts blowing his nose and sneezing a lot. Matt is right it was those nassy microbes.
Actually the fly was covered in ragweed pollen that had the microbes clinging to it as a cover for the seizure-causing drug smuggled over the Canadian border by illegal Irish immigrants on their way to Boston. The sneezing released the pollen and the drug, thus the seizure. Schumer has microscopic pollen particles on his clothes, which CSI New York will find if somebody calls them in.
It was evidently a seizure. Lets hope and pray he does well.
My wife has epilepsy and has occasional seizures; the danger in these type is not necessarily the seizure, but what happened with Roberts - falling down and hitting your head. Or driving and getting into an accident.
Very scary and awful to live with even with medication.
Hopefully he’ll be just fine.
BTW, an “idiopathic” seizure basically means the doctors don’t have a solitary clue what caused it or what to do about it.
FWIW, the Chief Justice apparently has not been diagnosed as epileptic, in which case as Superman notes the risks would be mainly secondary injuries. Other brain and nervous system disorders that cause out-of-the-blue seizures, though, could raise more significant concerns about his ability to do that job, so depending on what turns out to be wrong with him this might be important, regardless of Sen. Schumer’s preferences or the breathless 24-hour news coverage.