Oh my. We’ve all heard the adage “measure twice and cut once,” and it seems a certain T14 law school needs the reminder.
It started benignly enough, a decision to adorn the walls of Jerome Greene Hall at Columbia Law School with words from the Constitution, the foundational document of our legal system. On one wall, the preamble to the Constitution is proudly displayed — the inspirational start to the bedrock of our democracy.
Oh, wait just one second, something seems to be amiss… is that a typo?
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Here’s the evidence (pics or it didn’t happen). Can you catch the mistake Columbia Law missed?
One intrepid law student helpfully offered a correction.
Yeah, they are missing the word “provide” as in “provide for the common defense.”
I guess they missed that episode of School House Rocks.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHp7sMqPL0g
Okay, the School House Rocks version is also slightly abridged, but at least the song still makes grammatical sense, and it is catchy as hell.
A tipster noted some unconscious bias that just may have gone into this error:
Not sure if this is a screw up or just some weird way of making a statement about the welfare state. Either way though, glad to see our tuition dollars at work!
I haven’t seen a decorating choice go this badly since Trading Spaces went off the air.