--- description: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from a hospital on Thanksgiving Day title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Released From Hospital image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6437fe62cebacb8e/69876b5fcd68485a6209848e/ruth-bader-ginsburg.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [justice](/tag/justice/) ## justice Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ruth Bader Ginsburg Released From Hospital  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Nov 27, 2014 6:56 PM CUT  Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is photographed in the West conference room at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on August 30, 2013. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is photographed in the West conference room at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on August 30, 2013.Nikki Kahn—The Washington Post/Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Nov 27, 2014 6:56 PM CUT Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was [discharged](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/27/ruth-bader-ginsburg-hospital%5Fn%5F6232244.html "undefined") and sent home from a hospital on Thanksgiving Day after undergoing a procedure to clear a blocked artery, a spokeswoman said. The feisty 81-year-old was admitted to MedStar Washington Hospital Center on Tuesday night following discomfort while exercising, the Associated Press reports. A heart stent was inserted to clear the blockage in her right coronary artery. She was released before noon Thursday and expected to return to work on Monday. Ginsburg, the oldest member of the nine-justice court, has repeatedly said she has no plans to retire until she can no longer do her job. “I think I’ll recognize when the time comes that I can’t any longer,” she told _Elle_ in an [interview ](http://www.elle.com/life-love/society-career/supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg "undefined")in October. “But now I can.” \[[_AP_](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/27/ruth-bader-ginsburg-hospital%5Fn%5F6232244.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3608940/ruth-bader-ginsburg-released-hospital-thanksgiving/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3608940/ruth-bader-ginsburg-released-hospital-thanksgiving/"},"headline":"Ruth Bader Ginsburg Released From Hospital","datePublished":"2014-11-27T18:56:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:25:59.806Z","description":"After undergoing a procedure to clear a blocked artery","url":"https://time.com/3608940/ruth-bader-ginsburg-released-hospital-thanksgiving/","keywords":["justice","Supreme Court","Ruth Bader Ginsburg","Law","health","Surgery","hospital"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6437fe62cebacb8e/69876b5fcd68485a6209848e/ruth-bader-ginsburg.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6437fe62cebacb8e/69876b5fcd68485a6209848e/ruth-bader-ginsburg.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg","caption":"Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg","creditText":"Nikki Kahn—The Washington Post/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/justice/","name":"justice"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3608940/ruth-bader-ginsburg-released-hospital-thanksgiving/","name":"Ruth Bader Ginsburg Released From Hospital"}}]}] ```