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Richard Posner, an Uncommon card
Richard Allen Posner is an American legal scholar and retired United States circuit judge who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1981 to 2017.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 75,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Richard Posner quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Richard Posner card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
As of 2021, he is also the most-cited ______ legal scholar of all time.
Answer
American. As of 2021, he is also the most-cited American legal scholar of all time. From the Richard Posner article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Richard Posner. Richard Posner 82 · Pigment 79 · Epinephrine 75 · Sulfate 70 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Posner was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, and he served as the chief judge of the Seventh Circuit from 1993 to 2000.
- A former law professor at the University of Chicago, Posner was identified in The Journal of Legal Studies as the most-cited legal scholar of the 20th century.
- As of 2021, he is also the most-cited American legal scholar of all time.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Richard Posner article was read about 75,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Richard Posner
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Richard Posner (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
