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To: PatrickHenry

Jones decision in the dover case is not binding for any parties other than the ones directly involved in that case. Jones' opinion has absolutely no relevance to any future case; even within the same district.


99 posted on 02/01/2006 2:09:55 PM PST by connectthedots
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To: connectthedots
Jones' opinion has absolutely no relevance to any future case; even within the same district.

Absolute nonsense (but then, you were predicting Dover would win, in the face of massive evidence to the contrary, all the way through the trial.) While other courts are not bound by the decision, they will inevitably give it a great deal of consideration. In fact, the major previous case on 'Creation Science', McLean, was never appealed, but it effectively killed attempts to teach old fashioned 'creation scienc'e in schools.

101 posted on 02/01/2006 2:20:13 PM PST by Right Wing Professor (When your mind's made up, nothing's more confusing than lots and lots and lots of facts.)
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To: connectthedots
Jones' opinion has absolutely no relevance to any future case; even within the same district.

Holy Cow! You mean I've been citing case law in briefs for all these years for no reason? And for centuries courts have been erroneously guided by case law? If only we had known!

102 posted on 02/01/2006 2:23:23 PM PST by atlaw
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To: connectthedots
Jones decision in the dover case is not binding for any parties other than the ones directly involved in that case.

That is true, as I have said more than once.

Jones' opinion has absolutely no relevance to any future case; even within the same district.

That is most definitely not true. The witness testimony exists. Those same witnesses (Behe, etc.) can't contradict themselves in other trials. The facts that were brought out won't go away. The fraudulent nature of that idiotic Pandas book is there for all the world to see. Any new ID case will see the same material all over again. That's why there probably won't be any more ID cases.

103 posted on 02/01/2006 2:33:01 PM PST by PatrickHenry (Virtual Ignore for trolls, lunatics, dotards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
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To: connectthedots
Jones' opinion has absolutely no relevance to any future case; even within the same district.

You sure are in for a lot of disappointments if you're naive enough to believe that!

159 posted on 02/01/2006 4:15:28 PM PST by shuckmaster (An oak tree is an acorns way of making more acorns)
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To: connectthedots
Jones' opinion has absolutely no relevance to any future case; even within the same district.

Fascinating.
So I suppose every school board will just ignore McLean v. Arkansas as well?

217 posted on 02/01/2006 6:42:22 PM PST by dread78645 (Intelligent Design. It causes people to misspeak)
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