The Viral Embarrassing State Supreme Court Mistake
UPDATE: Louis' Nana speaks out about how the mistake happened.
Terminally online lawyers were plagued by one question over the last 24 hours — who is Louis’ Nana and why does she have her own Supreme Court?
If that sentence makes zero sense to you, well, you were probably too busy billing to see the viral post at the root of the question. An image, purportedly from the recent swearing in of new lawyers in the great state of Louisiana, is making the rounds over a pretty glaring typo.
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Now, this looks to be a projection onto a curtain, not a printed (and presumably copyedited) seal, so it seems feasible that the mistake really happened and the image isn’t the result of internet tomfoolery.
UPDATE: A spokesperson for the Louisiana Supreme Court has provided the following comment:
The Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court as well as Supreme Court staff became aware of the typographical error during the course of the October 2024 Bar Admissions ceremony. The artwork for the seal was provided by an outside entity and unfortunately, the typographical error was not discovered prior to the ceremony. The Justices were very troubled by the inadvertent error, which has regrettably detracted from attention on the accomplishments of the new admittees, and have implemented steps to ensure that this does not happen again.
And here’s the thing — it isn’t the only time spelling the name of the state was an issue. Another Reddit user produced a coaster misspelling the state’s name.
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And “Louisiana” also proved tough at the 2022 Essence Festival.
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Maybe Louisiana needs to take a tip from its neighboring state, Mississippi, and come up with a jaunty little tune to help folks learn to properly spell its name.
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