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Home Front: Politix
Justice Kennedy gets new coronary stent
2006-09-06
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy was hospitalized over the weekend after experiencing mild chest pain, the court said Tuesday. Kennedy, 70, had a stent inserted Saturday at Washington Hospital Center. The device is a tiny mesh scaffold used to keep arteries open.

The court called the procedure a revision to the stent doctors put in Kennedy in November. The justice did not make his health news public at the time. A common problem with stents is that tissue grows back through them and recloses the blood vessel.
Yep, common problem even with the newest stents.
Doctors found no evidence of heart damage, the court said in a brief statement. He was released from the hospital Sunday and has since returned to work. The court's new term begins Oct. 2
Posted by:Steve White

#5  Opportunities like this are why we need a Republican Senate after the November elections. GWB may not be pristine on all the issues, but he selects conservative judges.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2006-09-06 12:48  

#4  I wish America well.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-09-06 11:37  

#3  I wish Gumby well.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-09-06 11:19  

#2  Bobby,
Bush may well get more opportunities to nominate for the Supreme Court but I doubt he will be able to get anybody else confirmed - unless he sells out and nominates a lefty.
Posted by: Glenmore   2006-09-06 08:58  

#1  I would never wish ill to befall anyone serving our country.

But if his illness were to worsen in the next two years..... W could appoint a third Justice.
Posted by: Bobby   2006-09-06 07:33  

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