- Posted March 24, 2020
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Justices healthy and trying to stay that way
By mark Sherman
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court reported last Friday that the nine justices are healthy and trying to stay that way.
To that end, when the court held its regularly scheduled private conference last Friday morning, some of the justices participated remotely, and those who were in the building did not engage in the tradition of shaking hands, court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.
Arberg wouldn't say who showed up in person last Friday to the justices' conference room, adjacent to Chief Justice John Roberts' office.
Six of the nine justices are 65 and older, at higher risk of getting very sick from the illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who turned 87 on Sunday, and Stephen Breyer, 81, are the oldest members of the court.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, 54, flew on a commercial flight last week between Washington, D.C., and Louisville, Kentucky, for a ceremony in honor of U.S. District Judge Justin Walker, a former law clerk whom President Donald Trump named to the federal bench last year.
The court had previously postponed arguments that had been scheduled for the next two weeks, including a big fight over subpoenas for Trump's financial records, and closed the Supreme Court to the public. The building remains open for official business, and the court has not announced any additional postponements.
Published: Tue, Mar 24, 2020
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