{"id":350453,"date":"2011-03-30T18:34:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T18:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/30\/top-us-judge-fined-over-car-shunt\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T18:34:46","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T18:34:46","slug":"top-us-judge-fined-over-car-shunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/top-us-judge-fined-over-car-shunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Top US judge fined over car shunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"53.284848484848\">\n    \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>30 March 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>14:34 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was given a traffic ticket after a four-car road crash in Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p>No one was injured in the shunt about 0900 local time (1400 GMT) on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Scalia, 75, was driving to work at the US Supreme Court, which was hearing arguments in a gender discrimination law suit against US retailer Wal-Mart.<\/p>\n<p>He was given a $70 (\u00a343) ticket for following too closely, according to police quoted by the Washington Post newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Scalia was driving south when his car was in a collision with the vehicle in front of him, triggering a chain reaction, police said.  His car was towed from the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The longest serving justice on the nine-member court, Mr Scalia was appointed by President Ronald Regan in 1986.<\/p>\n<p>He will have the option of paying the fine or contesting the ticket in court.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Here is the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-us-canada-12915198\" title=\"Top US judge fined over car shunt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top US judge fined over car shunt<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 30 March 2011 Last updated at 14:34 ET US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was given a traffic ticket after a four-car road crash in Washington DC. No one was injured in the shunt about 0900 local time (1400 GMT) on Tuesday. 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