Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing a Supreme Court hearing for the first time ever

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hasn't missed an oral argument in her 25 years on the bench — until today.

The 85-year-old justice is still recovering from her Dec. 21 surgery to remove two cancerous growths from her lungs. So she'll miss Monday's oral arguments and instead follow along via transcripts, The Washington Post's Robert Barnes reports.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.