Justice Clarence Thomas absent from U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments due to illness
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WASHINGTON, March 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was absent from oral arguments on Monday due to illness.
"Justice Thomas is unable to be present today but will participate in consideration and decision of the cases on the basis of the briefs and the transcripts of oral argument," Chief Justice John Roberts said prior to the start of arguments.
Thomas, 73, was admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. on Friday evening "after experiencing flu-like symptoms."
The Supreme Court said on Sunday that the judicial conservative had been diagnosed with an infection, and is being treated with intravenous antibiotics.
"His symptoms are abating, he is resting comfortably, and he expects to be released from the hospital in a day or two," according to the high court.
The hospitalization doesn't relate to COVID-19, reports said. All the Supreme Court justices have been fully vaccinated.
Thomas was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Justice Thurgood Marshall and has served the post since 1991.
He is the second African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, after Marshall.
The Supreme Court is under national attention due to ongoing hearings for the Senate to consider whether to approve liberal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the bench.
Jackson, if confirmed, would be the first African American woman to serve in the Supreme Court. Enditem
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