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Judges’’ Copying of ACLU “”Highly Frowned Upon”” by Courts According to Legal Scholars

The egregious case of copying text from plaintiffs’ attorneys by federal judge John Jones has drawn additional criticism from legal scholars who explain that such copying should be scrutinized and carefully examined. For More Information: A Comparison of Judge Jones’ Opinion in Kitzmiller v. Dover with Plaintiffs’ Proposed “Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law” “Masterful” Federal Ruling on Intelligent Read More ›

A Comparison of Judge Jones’ Opinion in Kitzmiller v. Dover with Plaintiffs’ Proposed “Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law”

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In December of 2005, critics of the theory of intelligent design (ID) hailed federal judge John E. Jones’ ruling in Kitzmiller v. Dover, which declared unconstitutional the reading of a statement about intelligent design in public school science classrooms in Dover, Pennsylvania. Since the decision was issued, Jones’ 139-page judicial opinion has been lavished with praise as a Read More ›

Darwin vs. Design Conferences

Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture will present a special series of conferences, Darwin vs. Design, in 2007 and 2008 exploring the growing scientific evidence that life and the universe were intelligently designed. These events in selected cities across America will feature leading scientists and philosophers who are advancing the theory of intelligent design. Check this page frequently for Read More ›

“Masterful” Federal Ruling on Intelligent Design Was Copied from ACLU

Click here to download the official report as a PDF. Seattle — The key section of the widely-noted court decision on intelligent design issued a year ago on December 20 was copied nearly verbatim from a document written by ACLU lawyers, according to a study released today by scholars affiliated with the Discovery Institute. “Judge John Jones copied verbatim or Read More ›

Pandering to Ignorance

If the price of oranges increases, would you expect the quantity sold to rise or fall? I expect most of you reading that question would answer, “sales would fall,” because you were either taught the law of demand or intuitively understand that when prices rise people will spend less (there are a few rare exceptions). Congress is expected to increase Read More ›

FCC a Special-Interest Playground When Reviewing Mergers

It’s been almost two months since the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice cleared the AT&T/BellSouth merger with no conditions. For reasons of history and politics, the Federal Communications Commission gets to conduct an essentially redundant review of this and other telecom mergers even though it possesses little if any antitrust expertise. FCC merger proceedings, observed former House Commerce Read More ›

Foreword to Darwin Strikes Back

Darwin Strikes Back by Thomas E. Woodward Foreword by William A. Dembski Like a spy in a John Le Carré novel who has attended every crucial event in the Cold War, Tom Woodward has been ubiquitous in the unfolding culture war over intelligent design. He is the insiders’ insider. With Doubts about Darwin, he established himself as the historian of Read More ›

Darwin Strikes Back

What started as a debate among scientists has become a full-scale public battle. In this sequel to his award-winning Doubts about Darwin, Thomas Woodward traces the struggle that has emerged as the two sides wrestle with questions of the origin of life. Woodward answers these questions and more: Who are the key players on each side, and what contributions have Read More ›

Local Louisiana School Board Praised for Adopting Policy Protecting Teachers Who Teach Evolution Objectively

Monroe, LA – The Ouachita Parish School Board in Louisiana drew praise this week for adopting a Resolution on Teacher Academic Freedom to Teach Scientific Evidence Regarding Controversial Scientific Subjects. The policy states in part that “teachers shall be permitted to help students understand, analyze, critique and review in an objective manner the scientific strengths and weaknesses of existing scientific theories Read More ›

Russian Bear Sets a Trap

Have you noticed New York residents do not fear a cutoff of their natural gas supplies because of a potential political or economic dispute with Texas? But envision a scenario where the State of Texas owned all of the natural gas in that state and the distribution network to other states, and where the governor of Texas decided to ignore Read More ›