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Roberts & Scalia didn't know what "orthogonal" meant

https://x.com/JeremiahDJohns/status/2013887316750696464
ban spaceporn
  01/22/26
using stupid words like orthogonal and prongs in legal discu...
miltonian
  01/22/26
I agree it's a shit word but I'm surprised those two didn't ...
ban spaceporn
  01/22/26
Engineering, champ
cowgod
  01/22/26


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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:24 PM
Author: ban spaceporn

https://x.com/JeremiahDJohns/status/2013887316750696464

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825256&forum_id=2...id.#49610213)



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:27 PM
Author: miltonian

using stupid words like orthogonal and prongs in legal discussions is another reason to gas all lawyers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825256&forum_id=2...id.#49610232)



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:40 PM
Author: ban spaceporn

I agree it's a shit word but I'm surprised those two didn't know. Or at least I'm surprised they just didn't keep quiet and infer a definition.

Or maybe Scalia knew what it meant and didn't want Roberts to look like the only idiot on the bench, so he played along as though he didn't know as well? Seems like something Scalia would do

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825256&forum_id=2...id.#49610290)



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:42 PM
Author: cowgod

Engineering, champ

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825256&forum_id=2...id.#49610298)