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pyuser583 on July 31, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Study finds Wikipedia influences judicial behavior

A while ago the Oxford English Dictionary wrote a letter to the US Supreme Court asking them not use the OED as an authority.

They said the OED definitions are based on imperfect collections of common use, and aren’t “right” or “wrong”.

They also said the OED often uses SCOTUS decisions as a source, which creates an incestuous link.

kemitchell on July 31, 2022 [–]

Really interesting.

I searched for this online, but couldn't find it. Might you have a link handy? Much appreciated!

notRobot on July 31, 2022 | [–]

Not exactly what you're looking for, but a super interesting article from 2013 from the Oxford University Press's Blog:

The highest dictionary in the land? https://blog.oup.com/2013/06/scotus-marriage-definition-dict...

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