Ailing Rehnquist Plans to Swear in Bush
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, suffering from thyroid cancer and absent from the bench for seven weeks, still plans to preside at President Bush&#39;s inauguration on Jan. 20, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said Friday.
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President Bush will have a colonoscopy Saturday and temporarily hand presidential powers to Vice President Dick Cheney, the White House said
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The type of treatment Chief Justice William Rehnquist is getting may be indicate he&#39;s suffering from a serious type of cancer.
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U.S. Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 80, the leader of the Supreme Court's conservative majority, was recently diagnosed with thyroid cancer and is in the hospital after undergoing throat surgery, a court spokeswoman said on Monday.
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who is being treated for thyroid cancer, will be absent from the bench this week, the US Supreme Court said.
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A court spokesman says the 80-year-old plans to sit out the two-week cycle of Supreme Court arguments that starts Monday. Next week will be the sixth week that Rehnquist has been forced to skip, as he&#39;s treated for thyroid cancer.
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William H. Rehnquist, the US chief justice since 1986, was hospitalized and treated for thyroid cancer, a Supreme Court spokesman said.
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Monday's announcement that Chief Justice William Rehnquist is being treated for thyroid cancer was a reminder of one man's mortality - and of how a single vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court could change the dynamics of the divided panel.
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who has been battling cancer in near-seclusion for months, has accepted President Bush's invitation to swear him in to a second term.
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The recent hospitalization of the US Supreme Courtâs leading conservative judge, William H. Rehnquist, due to thyroid cancer is serving as an opportune reminder that more is at stake during this election than the presidency but also likely vacant seat
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U.S. Chief Justice William  Rehnquist, who has thyroid cancer, will be unable to return to  the bench on Monday when the Supreme Court reconvenes after its  recess, a spokeswoman said.
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Description: Word of Chief Justice William Rehnquist&#39;s battle with thyroid cancer may force voters to glance at statements by President Bush and Sen. Kerry regarding their possible Supreme Court appointments.
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U.S. Chief Justice William  Rehnquist, looking frail from cancer and using a cane,  administered the oath of office to President Bush on Thursday  and then promptly left the podium.
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The news that a Supreme Court justice is being treated for cancer should remind voters of a president&#39;s power to shape the high court.
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U.S. Chief Justice William Rehnquist, looking frail from cancer and using a cane, administered the oath of office to President Bush on Thursday and then promptly left the podium.
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WASHINGTON, DC - The chief justice of the US Supreme Court, William Rehnquist, is in a hospital intensive care unit being treated for thyroid cancer.
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US Chief Justice William Rehnquist, undergoing radiation and chemotherapy for thyroid cancer, said he was unable to return to work at the Supreme Court on Monday as he had initially hoped.