The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will postpone oral arguments for its March session due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak -- marking the first health crisis-related delay for such proceedings since the Spanish flu a century ago. Those arguments include cases scheduled to come before the court on March 23-25 and March 30-April 1. Filing deadlines will not be extended, according to the Supreme Court's news release. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAccording to the court, the last time the Supreme Court postponed oral arguments due to a health crisis was 1918 as the Spanish flu, which sickened U.S. President Woodrow Wilson at the time, afflicted the United States. The court also reduced its oral arguments in 1793 and 1798 due to yellow fever fears.

Source: Fox News March 16, 2020 14:55 UTC