PRELUDE TO AN EXIT?
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, ailing with cancer, is in the hospital with a fever, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Rehnquist was taken by ambulance to an Arlington, Va., hospital Tuesday night and was admitted for observation and tests, Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.
There was no immediate word on his condition Wednesday afternoon.
Rehnquist, 80 and ill with thyroid cancer, has been the subject of intense speculation about whether he will retire. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, 75, announced earlier this month that she will be leaving. More...
Rehnquist was taken by ambulance to an Arlington, Va., hospital Tuesday night and was admitted for observation and tests, Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.
There was no immediate word on his condition Wednesday afternoon.
Rehnquist, 80 and ill with thyroid cancer, has been the subject of intense speculation about whether he will retire. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, 75, announced earlier this month that she will be leaving. More...
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