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In reply to the discussion: George Mason law school to be renamed the Antonin Scalia School of Law [View all]erpowers
(9,350 posts)15. This is Wrong
It is not wrong because Justice Antonin Scalia was a conservative justice. It is wrong because someone should not be able to buy the name of a school. I know this happens all the time. A school is named after a family after the family gives a large amount of money. A kid is admitted to a school after a family has given money to set up scholarships and rename a library. However, it is still sad that someone can get a school's name changed just by giving a few million dollars. I wish the school would have turned down the donation with the statement, "While we are not against renaming the school after Justice Scalia, we believe it would be wrong to name the school after him in order to get money."
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George Mason law school to be renamed the Antonin Scalia School of Law [View all]
Eugene
Mar 2016
OP
Doubtful. The school would have a board. The State legistlaure could get involved,
FSogol
Apr 2016
#65
Hey! Don't lump Neanderthals with racists! We're not the least bit racist. In fact, we even bred
valerief
Mar 2016
#23
I hear ya. I refer to it as National as well. Friends who are commercial airline pilots
LuckyLib
Mar 2016
#44
That would knock out Leland Stanford Junior University (the official name), more commonly
24601
Apr 2016
#49
Considering that George Mason was pretty much the founder of The Bill of Rights,
1monster
Mar 2016
#48
That's like 10 big giants coming up and all taking a massive shit on the school
davidpdx
Apr 2016
#51
Will they now teach a class in how to manipulate the law to benefit your friends?
olddad56
Apr 2016
#67