Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been hospitalized and diagnosed with an infection, the court revealed Sunday.
Thomas, who is 73 years old, was admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., on Friday evening after experiencing “flu-like symptoms,” Supreme Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe said in a statement, adding, “He underwent tests, was diagnosed with an infection, and is being treated with intravenous antibiotics.”
McCabe said Sunday that the hospitalization was not related to COVID-19. All nine justices are vaccinated and boosted against the deadly virus.
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The statement added that the justice was “resting comfortably” and his symptoms were “abating” to the point that he would be discharged within a day or two. The justices will still take to the bench Monday through Wednesday this week for arguments in four cases despite Thomas’s sudden absence.
Thomas, who has served on the court since being confirmed in 1991, will be kept on the cases despite his absence. McCabe said Thomas would “participate in the consideration and discussion of any cases for which he is not present on the basis of the briefs, transcripts, and audio of the oral arguments.”
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Thomas will become the oldest member of the court when 83-year-old Justice Stephen Breyer retires at the end of this term. At 73, he has not had a long, public history of hospitalizations or illnesses.
