[aft_lizard]

Doesnt matter who placed him on the bench, he shouldnt be dictating what can and cannot be taught in schools. That is up to the School Boards.

It will go down on appeal.

[Sols]

The court can, of course, decide whether something is unconstitutional or not, which was the matter at hand.

The School Board cannot suddenly decide to teach from a book like, say, "Islam: Convert You Infidels!" without expecting the constitutionality of such a program to come into question.

[Siegfried The Red]

I tend to agree. Courts really shouldn't enter into what subjects school boards decide will be taught. On that note, IDers shouldn't be dictating what is science when it should be left up to the scientists.

[drjimmy]

Doesnt matter who placed him on the bench, he shouldnt be dictating what can and cannot be taught in schools. That is up to the School Boards. It will go down on appeal.

As a federal judge, he has the ability to determine whether something done in a government setting (public schools) passes constitutional muster. In making his ruling, he determined that the proponents of Intelligent Design in this case actually had a religious intent behind their effort (and lied repeatedly to try to hide that fact), and it was therefore an unconstitutional breach of the separation of church and state. You can argue that there is no such thing in the Constitution as separation of church and state, but that's not what legal precedent says.

And by the way, there won't be any appeal of this case. The school board that was sued for trying to foist this pseudo-science on students was tossed out en masse in the last election.

[Oztrich Boy]

It will go down on appeal.

Ain't nobody dumb enough in a position to appeal it.

[linda_22003]

No one is going to appeal this. That school board was completely replaced with other members who have no desire to waste further time and money on a pointless effort.