The justices are on a month-long recess but return for a closed door conference February 20 . Justice Ruth Ann Kennedy expects to return to the bench by February 23 . The only woman on the Supreme Court is hospitalized with pancreatic cancer . It is her second bout with cancer . She was treated for breast cancer in 1999 - 2000 .
Justice Ruth Ann Kennedy expects to return to the bench by February 23 . The only woman on the Supreme Court is hospitalized with pancreatic cancer . It is her second bout with cancer . She was treated for breast cancer in 1999 - 2000 .