Funny Words and Phrases in Actual Supreme Court Opinions

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Humor, Supreme Court

Thanks to the newly launched Legal Language Explorer, you can search every Supreme Court opinion from 1791-2005 for any word or phrase you choose. I had some fun with it. The following words, names, or phrases appear in Supreme Court opinions the number of times I’ve indicated. (Footnotes and appendices count for my purposes.)

–air freshener: 1
–ambrosia: 1
–Antarctica: 5
–astrology: 1
–avuncular: 1
–bamboozle: 1
–bath water: 2
–billingsgate: 1
–birthday party: 3
–blunderbuss: 26
–Bolshevik: 7
–boondoggle: 1
–carpetbagger: 2
–cat food: 1
–cesspool: 2
–Charlemagne: 3
–Che Guevara: 1
–chocolate: 40
–clown: 3
–Confucius: 4
–country music: 1
–death blow: 3
–dentistry: 20
–diapers: 4
–dimwit: 1
–Don Quixote: 4
–dramatis personae: 1
–dude: 2
–dumb: 31
–Elvis Presley: 2
–end of the world: 5
–enzyme: 2
–evil genius: 3
–excrescence: 10
–exorcism: 1
–flagitious: 4
–foul language: 6
–freckles: 1
–Freud: 10
–fungus: 1
–fulminate: 4
–galaxy: 7
–gangrene: 5
–gargoyle: 1
–gaucherie: 1
–gluttony: 2
–good time: 51
–guano: 108
–guts: 7
–Halloween: 2
–hermaphrodite: 1
–hibernation: 1
–hilarious: 1
–Himalayas: 1
–hippie: 2
–Hitler: 35
–ice cream: 77
–idiot: 25
–imbecility: 30
–inherently immoral: 3
–Jello: 2
–jigger: 4
–Kant: 6
–knavery: 12
–lackadaisical: 1
–larva: 4
–leper: 8
–Lilliputian: 4
–LSAT: 2
–magma: 3
–malapropism: 1
–manatee: 3
–marching band: 2
–mastodon: 1
–mesmeric: 1
–Mickey Mouse: 5
–midget stapler: 1
–might makes right: 1
–mollusk: 1
–the moon: 28
–moron: 6
–mucus: 1
–musical chairs: 1
–nasty: 6
–nibble: 2
–Nickelodeon: 2
–Nietzsche: 4
–noblesse oblige: 1
–numismatic: 2
–ooze: 2
–overweight: 13
–palimpsest: 1
–paterfamilias: 1
–permafrost: 2
–popcorn: 3
–proletariat: 8
–pumpkin: 8
–puppy: 1
–purgatory: 3
–rabies: 1
–robot: 4
–rodent feces: 3
–ruckus: 2
–ruffian: 4
–salamander: 5
–Santa Claus: 5
–Sappho: 3
–Satan: 9
–sideburns: 2
–slingshot: 1
–smelly: 3
–snowmen: 1
–socks: 19
–Spanish Inquisition: 7
–swarthy: 3
–tasty: 5
–teddy bear: 2
–telepathy: 2
–tentacles: 4
–Thermidor: 2
–tonsils: 2
–toothpaste: 5
–totally useless: 8
–the Tower of London: 4
–umbilical cord: 5
–undergarments: 5
–ventriloquism: 2
–volcano: 5
–vomit: 3
–Walt Whitman: 4
–waste of time: 99
–weight loss: 4
–world domination: 2
–Zanzibar: 1
–Zeus: 2

Greatest Hits – Funny Search Terms That Have Led to My Blog

It may not be unique to WordPress, but I do like how WordPress allows its users to see which search-engine terms have directed readers to their blogs. I mean no disrespect to any of my visitors—I’m glad you’re here!—but I thought I would list some of the funniest or least expected search terms that have prompted blog hits. Original spellings have been preserved:

–14th amendment civil rights act of 1886
–1800 civil rights act
–1830s important people
–1844 presidential election winner, james polk, eagerly wanted to annex texas as part of the u.s.
–advocate write document
–africian americans of 1866
–angry grant 2
–angry letter image
–application to replace a subject
–appointment letter for school class president
–attestation of pilgrimage
–authentic abraham lincoln andrew johnson poster
–banking internship certification
–certificate of completion in tagalog
–certificate of stanford course online
–charles evans hughes prodigious memory
–congress failed
–context of a letter which is written by a lover to his beloved before his death
–cover letter examples for secretary positions
–covering letter for authority
–covering letter for an politician wanting to nominate his name in an election
–cutting the red tape definition
–david archuleta marion
–degree of april 6 1830
–dissolution
–document of a property bills in usa
–dole globe
–eisenhower doktrini
–ex parte milligan bill in civil war
–facebook for kids notify me of follow-up comments?”+”submit the word you see below:”
–famous letterhead
–fancy notes
–for all i know, our navy was shooting at whales out there
–french immigration history
–funny actual words
–funny john adams
–george washington historical significance
–herbert hoover law supported or vetoed
–hermaphrodite
–how do i create an haiku about the civil rights act of 1866
–how does a cover letter look like
–how to do accounting clerk cover letter
–how to write a letter to the judge to convince him that i’m innocent
–i undersigned
–jacksons in court
–john quincy adam and the congress
–john marshall’s inauguration
–juritanha
–legislation passed by congress so that the civil rights act of 1866 could not be repealed
–lesser lights controls
–letter of agreement of payment for assume
–level 3 certificate for a child worker
–lewis cass served as a spoiler in the 1848 presidential election.
–library of congress james bond
–make a press pass
–mater about migrating birds in usa
–messages british occasions
–national treasure constitution
–new century certificate of completing class
–nominate rice
–occupy congress petition
–the old harding rail car
–one sided love quotes
–opinion of migrant bird
–”over to germany”
–the packing of the court case
–philippine summon to court subpoena tagalog
–photo gag 2012
–pictures of impeachment house of senate
–poetery history 1896
–popular sovereignty pictures
–resignation letter as health care assistant
–resignation letter in teaching line
–resolution letter for bank
–respectfully request
–richard graber cabinets
–robert td lincolnsecretary of war
–salutation to the united states senator
–sandra day oconnor presidentila medal of freedom
–santa letterhead
–senates thought of the treaty of rush bagot
–signatur franklin roosevelt
–slavery posters
–states’ rights v. national position s
–tally history
–tax records sample
–tyler fidelity
–the undersigned respectfully requests
–vice president nelson rockefeller dies with maid
–voluntarily relinquishment of child+canada
–what do you think about the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo
–what does a cover letter look like
–what is the name of the civil rights act of 1866
–what’s the first pencil ever made
–when did sandra o connors judicial oath taken
–william brennan supreme court chief justice
–why would a senate agree to the rush bagot treaty
–woodrow wilson poetry poems
–word describing the rush bagot agreement
–xerox 7556 test

I’ll update this regularly.

U.S. v. Jones – Oral Argument Parody (mp3)

Michael Dreeben’s argument for the government

Stephen Leckar’s argument for Antoine Jones

The Chief forgot to allow time for a rebuttal.

(to download the mp3s to your hard drive so you can listen to them while you walk your dog, click here and here)