Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Sublime Porte:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_05_01-2005_05_07.shtml#1115226420
In United States v. Cooper, an important First Amendment case from
1800, one sentence from the allegedly seditious publication was:
Mr. Adams had not yet projected his embassies to Prussia, Russia,
and the Sublime Porte.
What was the Sublime Porte? Answer [1]here.
References
1. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9070100
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