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

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. https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/supreme_court_word_of_the_day_orthogonal https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/supreme_court_word_o...