[AndrewC]

I asked if you were arguing it was a show trial, and you said yes.

No you did not. You asked "Are you arguing that William Jennins Bryan put on a show trial for the ACLU?".

I see you are conceding that the legislature wrote the law, and Scopes broke the law, so it seems to me that logically, you have no reason to blame the trial on the ACLU, which did not write the law nor break the law nor prosecute the case.

I don't need to concede anything, that is how a republic functions(legislatures writing laws). Most certainly the ACLU was the impetus to the trial as this link also states http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/trials1.htm

There are numerous instances of laws passed, then broken, and no trial ensues.

[CobaltBlue]

So, failure to uphold the law is a Good Thing?

And asking if you're arguing that the trial was a show trial is not the same thing as asking you if you were arguing that the trial was a show trial?

Wowa.

You can have the last word.