July 30, 200719 yr Chief Justice John Roberts has been taken to a hospital as a precaution after falling at his summer home, the Supreme Court said Monday. Chief Justice John Roberts was taken to a hospital in Maine after a fall at his summer home. The chief justice suffered a seizure and will be hospitalized overnight, the Supreme Court said. Roberts was conscious after the fall, which happened at his vacation home near Port Clyde, Maine, Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg told CNN. A witness said Roberts fell on a dock, and his injuries did not appear serious. Roberts was taken by private boat from Hupper Island to the mainland. An ambulance then transferred him to the Penobscot Bay Medical Center in nearby Rockport, St. George Fire Chief Tim Polky told CNN. See a map of Port Clyde ? A hospital spokesman would not discuss the case, citing privacy concerns. President Bush was notified about the incident during an Oval Office meeting, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. Roberts recently spent two weeks in Europe, where he taught a law course in Vienna, Austria, and attended a judicial conference in Paris, France, court sources said. Roberts was at the Supreme Court late last week before traveling to Maine. The chief justice bought his vacation home in June 2006. It is one of 20 to 30 homes on the 400-acre island, according to a town official in St. George. Roberts was appointed by Bush and has served as chief justice since September 2005. He has no known medical conditions. At 52, he is the youngest of the high court's nine justices. Roberts served on the influential federal appellate court for the District of Columbia before being nominated to the Supreme Court after the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Sources close to the chief justice said Roberts suffered an unexplained seizure in 1993, soon after his first nomination to the D.C. circuit stalled in the Senate. Friends blamed the seizure on stress from the confirmation fight, and Roberts limited certain activities such as driving after it happened. But after a few weeks, the problem went away, and he has since not suffered any health crises, the sources said. E-mail to a friend
July 31, 200719 yr He's alright now. However, the NSA should monitor Pat Robertson's prayers, just in-case he's up to his old tricks, praying to Satan.
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