Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District

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The Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District was the first trial addressing the Constitutionality of intelligent design. Despite testimony by scientists Michael Behe and Scott Minnich, as well as philosopher Steve Fuller that intelligent design was legitimate science, and despite a brief asking the court not to rule on whether ID was science, Judge John E. Jones ruled in favor of the plaintiffs that intelligent design was religious in nature. This decision has been extensively criticized by both the Discovery Institute and various legal commentators.

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Trial Documents

Briefs not entered

Reviews: Pro ID

  • West and DeWolf (2006) found that Jones drew 90.9% of his section on ID as science from the ACLU’s proposed “Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law” including its errors. [1]
  • David K. DeWolf, John G. West & Casey Luskin, Rebuttal to Irons, 68 Montana Law Review 89 (2007).

Foundation for Thought and Ethics

Reviews: Anti ID

  • Does Changing the Definition of Science Solve the Establishment Clause Problem for Teaching Intelligent Design as Science in Public Schools? Doing an End-Run Around the Constitution, Anne Marie Lofaso, 4 Pierce L. Rev. 219 -277 (2006)(revised)
  • Divided by Design: Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Intelligent Design, and Civic Education, Kevin Trowel, Georgetown Law Journal V.95-3, pp 856-894 (2006)

Reviews: Other

References

  1. A Comparison of Judge Jones’ Opinion in Kitzmiller v. Dover with Plaintiffs’ Proposed “Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law” John G. West and David K. DeWolf Discovery Institute, December 12, 2006

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