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On Friday, the world learned the liberal lion of the Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, had undergone treatment for pancreatic cancer. Though there was reportedly no evidence of cancer anywhere else in the body, and her doctors indicated no further treatment was necessary, there was a lot of understandable panic from those that feared RBG may not live to see the end of Donald Trump’s presidency.
It may have only been a few days since we learned of this latest bout of cancer, but Justice Ginsburg’s latest appearance is here to reassure us. As the Dude might note, nothing is f*cked here.
On Monday, she received an honorary degree from the University at Buffalo, and as it’s been reported, she wasn’t going to get a little cancer get in the way of her active schedule:
“In July 2018 [the late Wayne Wisbaum] wrote to me that his health disabled him from [making] the arrangements for my visit here, but he still hoped to attend all the events,” she said. “He asked me to confirm that I would come to Buffalo in August 2019 in any event. I did so immediately, and I did not withdraw when my own health problems presented challenges.”
Justice Ginsburg also noted in her remarks that it was “beyond [her] wildest imagination” that she’s known as Notorious RBG, saying, “I am now 86 years old, yet people of all ages want to take their picture with me. Amazing.”
After her prepared remarks Ginsburg also did a Q&A with Buffalo Law dean Aviva Abramovsky.
See, everything is going to be just fine. (Knock on wood.)
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