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April 9[edit]

Can one do an age filter for searches on FamilySearch.org?[edit]

Can one do an "age" filter for searches on FamilySearch.org? While one can do filters for one's years of birth and death, those result in a lot of false positives when one searches through things such as death records; I know since I'm speaking from a lot of personal experience using FamilySearch.org to discover new centenarian and supercentenarian cases. In contrast, doing a direct "age" filter for searches on FamilySearch.org (for instance, limiting one's search to people aged 110+) should produce much less of this problem. So, is there any way to actually do this? For instance, can one ethically hack FamilySearch.org in order to do this? Can one actually do this in any other way(s)? If so, in exactly what way(s)? Futurist110 (talk) 06:02, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

More specifically, I mean an "age range" filter as opposed to a simple "age" filter. Futurist110 (talk) 06:06, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

First oath of VP Dick Cheney[edit]

Hi, can someone please take away a curiosity? Why was Dick Cheney’s first oath in 2001, administered by William Rehnquist? Shouldn’t the President of the Supreme Court usually just administer the Presidents' oaths, or are there theoretical exceptions? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.100.198 (talk) 16:08, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Any old Tom, Dick, or Harry can administer the oath. If you've got a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America hanging around you may as well make use of him. See Oath of office of the vice president of the United States. DuncanHill (talk) 16:16, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Please see Oath of office of the vice president of the United States. A variety of officials can administer the oath of office to a vice president. Six times in U.S. history it has been the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. There is no president of the Supreme Court. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 16:18, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Au contraire. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:36, 10 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Taft held a number of important government positions. You could say he carried a lot of weight during his career. Though no job was more important than popularizing the traditions of throwing out the first ball to start the baseball season, and of the seventh-inning stretch. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 09:46, 10 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If the term "president of the Supreme Court" is understood to mean "a person presiding over a meeting of the Supreme Court", then the Chief Justice is president when oral arguments are heard. --Lambiam 11:35, 10 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semantically maybe "president", but not "President". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:50, 10 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, you’re right. He was the "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court", I was tricked by the term improper in the Italian Wiki page, "President of the Supreme Court". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.100.198 (talk) 17:30, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I know this was resolved, but just as an addendum; there is no requirement as to who must administer the oath; merely that the oath be administered. Several times in history the oath was administered in less-than-traditional conditions: Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as president in his father's parlor, by his father, in the middle of the night. He was later re-administered the oath in secret by a federal district court judge, just in case anyone wanted to complain about the oath being administered by his father (no one did, and the second oath was only revealed to have happened years later). Lyndon Baines Johnson was administered his first oath of office as President by a Dallas federal district court judge aboard Air Force One while the plane was on the tarmac of Love Field airport in Dallas. So long as the President (and, for that matter, the Vice President as noted by the OP) takes the oath, it is valid no matter who administers it. --Jayron 32 17:56, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

One might even say "Any old Tom, Dick, or Harry can administer the oath". DuncanHill (talk) 19:42, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just to beat this point into the dust, I don't see any requirement that there be anyone who "administers" the oath or affirmation, just that the officeholder must swear or affirm it. I suppose it's possible that Congress has required by statute that there be someone to administer it; don't know. --Trovatore (talk) 20:25, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much. It’s all fascinating what you wrote, and I’m a curious pathological. Swear in the parlor...fantastic... I at most in parlor, I can watch a football game (you call it soccer). Again thank you, I wish you the best. 93.41.100.198 (talk) 18:36, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]