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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg treated in hospital for 'possible infection'

PHOTO: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg [via Supreme Court of the United States, Public Domain]

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Tuesday morning for treatment of a 'possible infection.'

She is 87, and has survived cancer four separate times.

The Supreme Court said in a statement Tuesday afternoon that Ginsburg is now resting comfortably.

According to the statement she "will stay in the hospital for a few days to receive intravenous antibiotic treatment."

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