By now, many of you have seen the Google Books Ngram Viewer, which allows you to see the frequency of words in books over time. But what if you wanted to do the same thing, but just for U.S. Supreme Court decisions? Well, you're in luck! There is something known as the Legal Language Explorer, devoted to charting the frequency of words and phrases in Supreme Court decisions over time.
Here is an example of "interstate commerce" vs. "railroad" vs. "deed":
I have also been able to use this to find the only incidence of the word "Superman" in a Supreme Court decision.
Go check it out!
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