Justice Marshall Goes Home After Pacemaker Implant
Retiring Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall was released from the hospital Sunday afternoon, two days after undergoing chest surgery, said a spokesman for the National Naval Medical Center.
“He’s doing fine and no further treatment is required at this time,” said hospital spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Bill Clyde.
Marshall, 83, received a pacemaker implant on Friday to correct an abnormally slow heart rate. Officials said Marshall spent Saturday at the hospital “resting comfortably and in good spirits.”
Clyde said he was “not aware of any special restrictions” doctors had placed on the court’s only black member upon release. “He is able to resume a normal lifestyle,” Clyde said.
Marshall announced June 27 that he would retire once the Senate had confirmed his successor. President Bush has nominated federal appeals court Judge Clarence Thomas to replace Marshall. Confirmation hearings for Thomas begin Tuesday.
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