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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#3081 Post by llondel » Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:17 pm

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Tell me more about why you suggest Clarence Thomas.
He's a US Supreme Court Justice and is at the centre of allegations that he's been accepting gifts from millionaires, from free flights (hence the "ticketed" part :D ) to luxury stays at various places. Not a good image from someone expected to be impartial. And he won't recuse himself from cases where he has a clear conflict of interest.

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#3082 Post by Opsboi » Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:45 pm

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No to Opsboi but "certain issues" could be construed as a clue.
Expertise in certain issues then, e.g. fraud?

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#3083 Post by talmacapt » Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:26 pm

Llondel, a definitely "not correct" then to your suggestion.

If what you say is true, I trust he is removed from his post.

I will give it to Opsboi as he is on the right track.

Apparently murder can only be tried by, what are called, "ticketed" circuit Judges (they may now be called district judges?).

They are approved, the term ticketed is used, by the higher judiciary as such.

Reading further, it would seem that there is a hierarchy of judges and what cases they can try.

One learns something every day!!

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#3084 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:15 am

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#3085 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:29 am

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Opsboi in the chair.
Still in the chair.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#3086 Post by Opsboi » Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:52 am

Ooops, sorry
Which “poor man’s Sherlock Holmes” drove a bulletproof Rolls-Royce named “The Grey Panther”?

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#3087 Post by Opsboi » Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:41 pm

I've nearly forgotten the answer

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#3088 Post by John Hill » Fri Apr 26, 2024 4:45 am

Opsboi wrote:
Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:41 pm
I've nearly forgotten the answer
What was the relationship between him and his young companion?
Been in data comm since we formed the bits individually with a Morse key.

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