Alito fired back with a trick question: What if the police put an inert device on the car, one that transmitted no information?

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At first, this seems like a trick question.

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Be careful: this is a trick question.

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Was this a trick question?

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Naturally, it's a trick question.

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One word on the trick-or-treating question: As a child, adults told me that bad people "often" put razor blades in apples, or put poison into candy at Halloween.

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The trick is to open with a direct, brief answer to any question the reporter asks.

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This potted history may tell what happened, but it raises a question: how did Enron manage to pull off its confidence trick?

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The question in my mind is whether a few trillion dollars spent purchasing government debt would do the trick.

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