US SC judge to hear arguments post cancer surgery

U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Tuesday will make her first appearance on the bench since lung cancer surgery in December, attending an oral argument in a patent case, a court spokeswoman said.

Ginsburg, a liberal jurist who will turn 86 in March, will participate in a one-hour argument in a case involving the U.S. Postal Service. She also took part in the court's private conference on Friday.