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Orthogonal: or “SCOTUS learns a new word.”

January 19, 2010 by

Orthogonal.  As in:  Professor Richard Friedman’s direction became orthogonal during his oral arguments before the Supreme Court last week. The newest word to enter the Supreme Court lexicon made its appearance when the before mentioned professor stated: “I think that issue is entirely orthogonal to the issue here.” If you think a sesquipedalian is going […]

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