Alito's Quick Recovery: Age No Barrier

0:00It's April 3rd, from breaking headlines to national stories. This is US News today, powered by AI. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the 76-year-old conservative mainstay, landed in a Philadelphia hospital last month after feeling under. The weather at a Federalist Society dinner on March 20th. The event was held in his honor, but he skipped his planned keynote speech and just seemed wiped out, staying seated while folks came up to him. A court spokesperson explained he got sick during the dinner and, playing it safe, followed his security team's advice to get checked out before, heading back to Virginia. Turns out it was just dehydration. They hooked him up with fluids right there. Earlier that same day, Alito was on the bench for unanimous ruling in a free speech case and joined the Justice' private conference, showing no. Signs of trouble then. The news of his hospital trip stayed quiet until CNN broke it, but it barely rippled through public chatter since he bounced back quick. Docs gave him the all-clear after-treatment and his personal physician checked him out,

1:03too. He was back at work by Monday for oral arguments. In the week since, he's been steady at the court with zero visible health hiccups. Alito's proving age is just a number, keeping the Supreme Court rhythm unbroken as cases roll on.