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Volume 352:1387-1388 March 31, 2005 Number 13
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Illness and Secrecy on the Supreme Court

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by Okie, S.
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To the Editor: In her Perspective article (Dec. 23 issue),1 Okie reviews the dilemma raised by illness on the Supreme Court. The public's right to know the health status of the justices reflects issues similar to those raised by a president's illness.2,3 A balance must be struck between personal privacy and public disclosure of impairment.

One option is a panel of medical experts who would review, at regular intervals, the health status of the leaders of the three branches of government. The findings would remain confidential unless significant impairment was found, in which case they would be reported to Congress. . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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