George Mason University Announces New, Unfortunate Name for Law School, Honoring Antonin Scalia
Even some news anchors couldn’t keep it together when reporting on the new name -- since tweaked -- in honor of the late Supreme Court justice.The new name announced last week for George Mason University’s law school garnered some unexpected attention. After receiving $30 million in donations, the university chose a name that would honor the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. NPR reporter Nina Totenberg was the first to reveal the name: the Antonin Scalia School of Law, otherwise known as ASSOL or ASSLAW.
Of course, the unfortunately configured acronyms spread like wildfire across Twitter. In fact, so many social media jokes were made that George Mason University Dean Henry Butler quickly sent out a letter reporting that the name had been tweaked, ruining the fun of Twitter users everywhere. Under the revision, the institution will be known as the Antonin Scalia Law School.
Watch the brief report below, in which even news anchors from WGN Chicago can’t help but crack up:
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If you want to deepen your understanding of the differences between “originalism” and “living constitutionalism” as competing theories of constitutional law and interpretation, there’s no better place to begin than with the 2006 debate between the late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and the recently retired liberal Justice Stephen Breyer.
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