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1/ Corpus Linguistics update. In May, a CA6 panel (Siler, Thapar, Hood) asked the parties to submit supplemental briefing on the "original meaning of the Article III cases of Controversies requirement." The panel flagged @BYULawSchool COFEA DB bit.ly/2JTGbaq 
2/ The Respondent (government) filed a response that parsed COFEA to understand original meaning of "cases" and "controversies." Respondents also provide update of leading literature in the field
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3/ The Petitioners reached a very different conclusion: "Thus, Brigham Young’s Corpus of Founding Era American English, while potentially helpful to answer other legal questions, has limited utility here." (They cite @dorfonlaw.) bit.ly/2SrZnA5
4/ Update on Wright v. Spaudling (CA6). The panel finds that "corpus linguistics turned out not to be the most helpful tool in the toolkit" opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/1…
