The State Supreme Court's Viral Embarrassing Mistake

Online lawyers have been plagued by one question over the past 24 hours: Who is Louis' Nana and why does she have her own Supreme Court?

If that sentence doesn't make sense to you, you were probably too busy invoicing to recognize the viral post at the origin of the question. An image purportedly from the recent swearing-in of new lawyers in the great state of Louisiana is making the rounds due to a rather glaring typo.

Now it appears to be a projection onto a curtain and not a printed (and presumably copied) seal. Therefore, it is possible that the mistake really happened and the image is not the result of internet stupidity. (Above the Law reached out to the Louisiana Supreme Court, which did not immediately comment.)

And here's the thing: It wasn't the only time the spelling of the state's name was an issue. Another Reddit user created a coaster with the state's name misspelled.

And “Louisiana” also proved to be tough at the Essence Festival 2022.

(Photo by JADE THIRASWAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Maybe Louisiana needs to take a tip from its neighboring state of Mississippi and come up with a jaunty little tune to help people spell its name correctly.

Kathryn Rubino is a senior editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best so please contact them. Feel free to email her with tips, questions or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1 or Mastodon @[email protected].