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| US chief justice suffers seizure | US chief justice suffers seizure |
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| The chief justice of the US Supreme Court has been released from hospital after suffering a seizure. | |
| John Roberts, 52, collapsed at his holiday seaside home in the north-eastern state of Maine on Monday. | |
| The father-of-two underwent a "thorough neurological evaluation, which revealed no cause for concern", a spokeswoman for the Supreme Court said. | |
| The White House said Mr Roberts had telephoned President George W Bush and had sounded "in great spirits". | |
| Previous seizure | |
| Chief Justice Roberts is a conservative appointed by President George W Bush in 2005. | |
| He succeeded William Rehnquist, who died of cancer. | He succeeded William Rehnquist, who died of cancer. |
| Mr Roberts has helped position the Supreme Court - which began its summer recess last month - on the political right over issues like abortion, race in schools and Guantanamo Bay. | Mr Roberts has helped position the Supreme Court - which began its summer recess last month - on the political right over issues like abortion, race in schools and Guantanamo Bay. |
| He had had a previous seizure in 1993, according to the spokeswoman. The Associated Press said Mr Roberts had made the president aware of this when he was appointed. | |
| The senior judge fell ill at a dock near his summer home on Maine's Hupper Island. | The senior judge fell ill at a dock near his summer home on Maine's Hupper Island. |
| Mr Roberts was taken by ambulance to the Penobscot Bay Medical Centre after his fall, where he was kept overnight. | |