for us. reporter: justice ruth bader ginsburg, 86 years old, fell ill friday afternoon. she went to a local hospital on her own but then was transported by ambulance to a hospital in baltimore where some of her regular doctors are. she was admitted and treated for a possible infection with antibiotics. a court spokesperson said that after that treatment, her symptoms got better. it s worth noting she was at the court friday morning when the justices met for their closed door conference. it s believed they discussed an emergency petition from president trump who is seeking to block the release of his financial records. the court is on a brief recess now. but they are in the middle of a momentous term. earlier this month, she did miss one day of arguments due to the stomach flu. but otherwise, she has been an active participant on the bench. she is four-time cancer survivor and a lengthy list of medical issues. in august of this year she was
her? reporter: a four-time cancer survivor justice ruth bader ginsburg as you said yesterday afternoon started feeling chills and a fever. she went on her own to the local hospital but once she got there the doctors thought she should be transported to baltimore about a half hour away because that is where her physicians are that treated her in the past. she got there and they treated her for what they think is an infection and gave her antibiotics and then they say in this court statement that her symptoms abated and they say maybe even she could be released as soon as tomorrow but that is not clear. worth noting, ana, she was in court yesterday. and she participated in a closed door conference with the justices and that was an important closed door conference because we think that they discussed president trump s emergency petition to block his financial records, an ongoing dispute. it was after that that she began to feel ill and went to the
health concerns. reporter: justice ruth bader ginsburg, 86 years old, fell ill friday afternoon. she went to a local hospital on her own but then was transported by ambulance to a hospital in baltimore where some of her regular doctors are. she was admitted and treated for a possible infection with antibiotics. a court spokesperson said that after that treatment, her symptoms got better. it s worth noting she was at the court friday morning when the justices met for their closed door conference. it s believed they discussed an emergency petition from president trump who is seeking to block the release of his financial records. the court is on a brief recess now. but they are in the middle of a momentous term. she missed one day earlier in the month due to the sum flu but otherwise an active participataparticipant on the bench.
broader and triggers this debate of congress versus the executive. that s something the supreme court, ana, might really want to step in and look at. in the coming days, they re going to have to cope with these two new petitions. very quickly, because we don t have a lot of time, but timing wise, when would there be some kind of decision on this? well, there s a lot that has to happen. one is an emergency petition. one they re asking the supreme court. the supreme court could say, look, this isn t a broad case. this isn t about a president being indicted. it s not about that. so maybe we won t take this up. or they could want to make this major statement. if they do, and if they take up one of these cases and decide them, it ll happen by the end of this spring in the heart of the presidential election. okay. we know you ll keep us posted. thanks. still ahead, the depositions of a key white house budget official is over. what does he know about the president s decision to withho
inmates differently according to their faith. it favored christian inmates by allowing their faith leader by nobody else of any other faith. the federal appeals court agreed, or at least they stayed that execution so they could consider it. that happened on wednesday of this week, two days ago but lawyers for the state of alabama filed an emergency petition asking the u.s. supreme court to step in and let the execution move forward and last night in a 5-4 decision they did that. the justices voted to let the execution go forward as planned. justice kagan wrote a three-page descent quoting from that. she says this court excuse me, today this court reverses that decision as an abuse of discretion and permits mr. ray s execution to go forward. given the gravity of this situation, that decision is profoundly wrong. the clearest command of the establishment clause this court