Justice Clarence Thomas is released from the hospital

Deputy Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks at the Heritage Foundation on October 21, 2021 in Washington, DC.

The Office of Public Information for the Supreme Court of the United States announced on Friday that Justice Clarence Thomas was discharged from the hospital. The update comes a week to a day after the conservative justice was first admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital, though the court did not disclose the hospitalization until last Sunday.

Thomas, 73, is believed to be experiencing “flu-like symptoms” and has been diagnosed with an infection, a court spokesman announced over the weekend.

The attack of the infected Justice Thomas coincided with publish an exhibition about his wife Ginni Thomas’s text messages in the aftermath of Donald Trump lose election. SCOTUS Confirmation Hearings for US Circuit Judges Ketanji Brown Jackson will also begin on Monday after the court’s first notice of Thomas’s illness.

The High Court previously said Justice Thomas had been treated with intravenous antibiotics and would continue to “engage in the review and discussion of any case where he was not present on the grounds.” summaries, transcripts and audio of oral arguments”.

Justice Thomas is significantly absent for this week’s oral debates, but his presence was still felt on Thursday in the form of dissent only in case belong to John Henry Ramireza death row inmate wanted a Baptist minister to pray and lay hands on him as he was executed.

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