
Dean Henry Butler proudly displaying his SCALIA vanity plate. (Photo via Facedbook)
ASSLaw, or as we sometimes affectionately call them, “The Artist Formerly Known As The George Mason University School of Law,” saw emergency services close down a nearby street yesterday as they investigated a Hazmat incident at the law school.
Now, typically, one doesn’t use the word “Hazmat” and “law school” in the same sentence unless you’re discussing a degree from an Infilaw school. But ASSLaw ground to a halt yesterday after a suspicious envelope yielded a “powdery substance.” As ARLNow reports:

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The incident happened on the third floor of the law school building, at 3301 Fairfax Drive, and involves a suspicious envelope containing a “powdery substance,” according to fire department spokesman Lt. Jeff Crooke. One person who opened the envelope is being evaluated but is not believed be suffering any medical issues at this time.
Unsurprisingly, the whole incident was cleared up and the fire department moved on.
Presumably, some poor admin accidentally opened a Mason professor’s coke shipment and freaked out because Fox & Friends told the Scalia Law School employee to be very afraid of undocumented immigrant lesbian single mothers sending Anthrax to law schools.

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