Put your money where your mouth is. My understanding is that DI did not want the trial and thought it was a poor choice.
AP Cites Discovery Institute's Opposition to Dover School Board Policy
Associated Press
November 12, 2004
Discovery Institute's opposition to the Dover School District policy on intelligent design has been highlighted in an Associated Press story by reporter Martha Raffaele:
"...the Seattle-based Discovery Institute, which supports scientists studying intelligent-design theory, opposes mandating it in schools because it is a relatively new concept, said John West, associate director of the institute's Center for Science and Culture.
"We're completely against anyone who says you should downgrade or limit the teaching of evolution," West said.
The DI was in on it from the beginning, giving advice to the board on how to go about introducing ID. The DI got worried after they found out the defense had already exposed their religious motives. That would be a killer since the whole charade is about presenting ID as science, not religion. The DI then quit the case, not wanting to be behind a failed test case, and didn't let Dembski and Meyer testify as planned.
They were smart to pull out. Turns out the Christian ID proponents in question made a mess of it, perjuring themselves under oath.
opposes mandating it in schools because it is a relatively new concept
That is completely opposite of their stated plan to get ID into schools by 2003, regardless of whether it is accepted science. The statement is spin, believable only by those who don't know the facts.