The Volokh Conspiracy points out "From the oral argument transcript today in Briscoe v. Virginia, a funny moment in the argument of University of Michigan law professor Richard Friedman."
"The Supreme Court has never used the word “orthogonal” in a written opinion." We programming geeks use it all the time.
And I'm very happy that the Justices are not at all afraid to ask when they don't know a word.
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I love it. They seemed as interested in learning it and using it as I do when I encounter new word. I like Friedman's comment, "That is a bit of professorship creeping in, I suppose."
All my vector calculus sits rotting in my brain waiting to flower again at such a moment.
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