I love the idea of a map to study provenance. For example, consider the phrases “legislative power,” “executive power,” and “judicial power,” appearing in Articles I, II, and III of the constitution. The first is defined by reference to the subsequent article. But the second and third are not defined in the constitution. Apparently those terms were used as such in writing during the English Civil War, more than 100 years before the constitution was written. It would be very cool to have a tool that could trace these ideas back in time.

These are great thoughts. I may do some investigation into how the Federalist Papers spread, but even with AI, these may be significant research efforts. I need graduate assistants!