foot fault
n.— «[Antonin] Scalia, the only justice on Favish’s side today, puts it bluntly to him: “We have relatives here who will be very much harmed. You’ve demonstrated some foot faults, the investigators made mistakes. Who cares?”» —“The Wing Nut’s Revenge” by Dahlia Lithwick Slate Dec. 3, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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