Tag: judicial activism

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 16, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, David dewolf, evolution, intelligent design, Jay Wexler, John West, Judge John Jones, Judgment Day, judicial activism, Kitzmiller v. Dover, religion, scientific community, Supreme Court, Ten Myths About Dover, Time Magazine}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 6, “Judge Jones, No Activist, Stayed Strictly Within Authority”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 16, 2025

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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Federal judges are to decide constitutional questions. Deciding what is and is not science is a matter for philosophers of science. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 15, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, __cedited, Judge Jones, judicial activism, Ten Dover Myths}

Ten Myths About Dover: #6, “Judge Jones, No Activist, Stayed Strictly Within His Authority”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 15, 2015

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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Not only did Jones eschew judicial economy, he attempted to act as a policymaker and wandered into the relationship between science and religion. Read More ›

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post

Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 12, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __cedited, Dover trial, intelligent design, judicial activism, Ten Dover Myths}

Ten Myths About Dover: #9, “The ID Movement Had Its Day in Court”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 12, 2015

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Scientific Freedom

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The interests and opinions of the ID movement were not represented in the Dover trial. Read More ›

professional close-up highlighting the decisive moment of a judge wielding a gavel in the courtroom, signaling the commencement or conclusion of proceedings, against a muted backgr

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post

Author
Robert L. Crowther, II

Date
March 23, 2006

Categories
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __nedited, "chilling effect", "teach the controversy", David dewolf, defining science, Discovery Institute Press, fear mongering, Judge Jones, judicial activism, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Traipsing Into Evolution}

Legal Experts Analyze the Impact of the Dover Intelligent Design Trial Decision in the New Book, “Traipsing Into Evolution”

_{Robert Crowther
March 23, 2006

Legal Science (jurisprudence), Scientific Freedom

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Traipsing Into Evolution is the first published critique of federal Judge John E. Jones's decision in the Kitzmiller v. Dover case, the first trial to squarely address the constitutionality of teaching intelligent design in public schools. In this concise yet comprehensive response, Discovery Institute scholars and attorneys expose how Judge Jones's Kitzmiller decision was based upon faulty reasoning, non-existent evidence, and a serious misrepresentation of the scientific theory of intelligent design. Read More ›