# Supreme Court witticism of the day, such as it is

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**Created:** [December 5, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-witticism-of-the-day-such-as-it-is/643040 "2012-12-05T05:12:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-witticism-of-the-day-such-as-it-is/643040/1 "2012-12-05T05:12:59Z")

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[The Supremes delivered a unanimous decision today](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-says-government-may-have-to-pay-for-flooding/2012/12/04/515d5112-3e53-11e2-ae43-cf491b837f7b_story.html?wprss=rss_politics) saying the government may be liable for damages if it deliberately floods land by releasing water stored behind a dam. Stressing the limited nature of the decision, Justice Ginsburg wrote, “Today’s modest decision augurs no _deluge_ of takings liability.”

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**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-witticism-of-the-day-such-as-it-is/643040/2 "2012-12-05T10:06:28Z")

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The jokey use of “deluge” is pretty good, but the _casual_ use of the word “augur” is what really kicks me in the head. I should read more from her if this is her style. Would one suppose she breaks out words like augur in everyday conversation?