Tuesday was the grand opening of the Capitol Visitors Center (CVC). This means we should have a grand ole ribbon cutting ceremony, right? Not quite.

The discussion at The Heritage Foundation’s Conservative Bloggers Briefing held yesterday was focused on the new CVC. Matt Spalding of the Heritage Foundation spoke to the bloggers about the outrage he felt during his sneak peek of the visitor’s center courtesy of Senator Jim DeMint.

For starters, the project was five years behind. Not to mention it ended up being nine times over budget with a final price tag of $621 million, but that wasn’t what Spalding was so upset about.

It’s no surprise a government project was prolonged and over budget, but the biggest concern here is the message of the CVC. DeMint was the first member of the Senate to bring attention to the distorted message the CVC presents to visitors and its inaccurate interpretation of the Constitution.

Among the main problems with the CVC Spalding highlights is the “Wall of Aspirations”. The aspirations include unity, freedom, knowledge, exploration, general welfare, and common defense, all of which are distorted messages from the Constitution. These words are just a cut and paste from the Constitution, and then tailored to fit a message.

What struck me as the most convincing piece of Spalding’s argument was when he mentioned there is no list of academics that worked on this project. This leaves anyone to wonder.  I’m wondering who is the person or people who have taken the liberty to put the constitution in their own words?