Chief Justice John Roberts was briefly hospitalized last month for head injury after fall – NBC News

Chief Justice John Roberts became as soon as rapidly hospitalized last month after he fell and suffered an damage to his forehead whereas walking shut to his dwelling, a spokeswoman for the Supreme Court acknowledged Tuesday.

Roberts, 65, became as soon as handled at a sanatorium June 21 and spent the evening there after he fell whereas walking for exercise, the spokeswoman, Kathy Arberg, acknowledged in a observation.

“The damage required sutures, and out of an abundance of warning, he stayed in the sanatorium in a single day and became as soon as discharged the following morning,” Arberg acknowledged. “His docs ruled out a seizure. They imagine the tumble became as soon as probably as a result of light-headedness prompted by dehydration.”

The Washington Publish, which first reported the tumble and the damage, reported that the court docket’s confirmation came in response to its inquiry after The Publish got a tip. The Publish reported that the tumble took place at the Chevy Whisk Club in Chevy Whisk, Maryland, which is northwest of Washington.

Roberts suffered a seizure in 2007, and he had the same episode in 1993, The Associated Press reported at the time of the 2007 incident.

In that incident, Roberts suffered what Arberg called “a benign idiopathic seizure,” the AP reported at the time. She acknowledged then that Roberts underwent a “thorough neurological review, which revealed no cause for lisp.”

Roberts became as soon as nominated to be chief justice by President George W. Bush in 2005.

Roberts late last month joined with the court docket’s four extra liberal justices to strike down Louisiana’s tough restriction on abortions in a 5-4 ruling.

The Supreme Court, viewed as an increasing model of conservative, in June also ruled that existing federal law forbids job discrimination on the foundation of sexual orientation or transgender situation. That ruling became as soon as 6-3, with Roberts joining the majority.