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by pattisapu 1760 days ago
At the Supreme Court a lawyer once said something was "entirely orthogonal" to the main issue.

Chief Justice Roberts: “I’m sorry. Entirely what?”

“Orthogonal,” the lawyer replied. “Right angle. Unrelated. Irrelevant.”

Justice Scalia: “What was that adjective? I liked that."

“I think we should use that in the opinion,” Scalia later added.

“Or the dissent,” said Roberts.

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