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Judge copied ACLU in anti-design ruling
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | December 12, 2006 | Art Moore

Posted on 12/12/2006 8:52:13 AM PST by editor-surveyor

© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com

A historic judicial ruling against intelligent design theory hailed as a "broad, stinging rebuke" and a "masterpiece of wit, scholarship and clear thinking" actually was "cut and pasted" from a brief by ACLU lawyers and includes many of their provable errors, contends the Seattle-based Discovery Institute.

One year ago, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones' 139-page ruling in Kitzmiller v. Dover declared unconstitutional a school board policy that required students of a ninth-grade biology class in the Dover Area School District to hear a one-minute statement that said evolution is a theory and intelligent design "is an explanation of the origin of life that differs from Darwin's view."

University of Chicago geophysicist Raymond Pierrehumbert called Jones' ruling a "masterpiece of wit, scholarship and clear thinking" while lawyer Ed Darrell said the judge "wrote a masterful decision, a model for law students on how to decide a case based on the evidence presented." Time magazine said the ruling made Jones one of "the world's most influential people" in the category of "scientists and thinkers."

But an analysis by the Discovery Institute, the leading promoter of intelligent design, concludes about 90.9 percent – 5,458 words of his 6,004-word section on intelligent design as science – was taken virtually verbatim from the ACLU's proposed "Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law" submitted to Jones nearly a month before his ruling.

"Judge Jones's decision wasn't a masterpiece of scholarship. It was a masterpiece of cut-and-paste," said the Discovery Institute's John West in a phone conference with reporters yesterday.

West is vice president for public policy and legal affairs for the group's Center for Science and Culture, which issued a statement saying, "The finding that most of Judge Jones' analysis of intelligent design was apparently not the product of his own original deliberative activity seriously undercuts the credibility of Judge Jones' examination of the scientific validity of intelligent design."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: creation; evolutionism; id; idiocy; idjunkscience; whereistheresearchdi; worldnutdaily
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What, evolution supported by leftist lies and plagiarism?

Tell me it isn't so!

1 posted on 12/12/2006 8:52:14 AM PST by editor-surveyor
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Earth shaking!


2 posted on 12/12/2006 8:54:38 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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"What, evolution supported by leftist lies and plagiarism?"

Big shocker to me also......


3 posted on 12/12/2006 8:54:50 AM PST by scottdeus12 (Jesus is real, whether you believe in Him or not.)
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Wow.


4 posted on 12/12/2006 8:57:12 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: editor-surveyor

Unlike the judge, the Discovery Institute did their homework.

I wouldn't expect any fallout though...but I hope I'm wrong.


5 posted on 12/12/2006 8:59:19 AM PST by Artemis Webb (All Truth is God's Truth...regardless of the source.)
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LOL! Gotta laugh.


6 posted on 12/12/2006 9:00:23 AM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: editor-surveyor

Cut-n-paste by a law clerk-

Hailed as brilliant work by a not-so-brilliant Judge.

LOL!


7 posted on 12/12/2006 9:01:39 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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This is nothing unusual. The cases and analysis are what they are, regardless of who wrote them. There are any number of criminal appellate opinions that I am familiar with that are taken verbatim from the prosecution briefs.


8 posted on 12/12/2006 9:02:46 AM PST by mak5
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Huh! This is no more than Captain Obvious deciding to play lawyer. Judges frequently import the winning side's argument. At the trial level -- which is what this was -- the winning side often writes the order itself. The other side can then object and say, e.g., this is not what the court ruled, etc.

Move along, nothing to see here . . . .

9 posted on 12/12/2006 9:05:48 AM PST by King of Florida (A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.)
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The judge revealed himself to be nothing but a sock puppet. His ruling will be overturned I hope.

And here is the statement the evos went rabid over.

"This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered."
10 posted on 12/12/2006 9:06:01 AM PST by RunningWolf (2-1 Cav 1975)
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To: editor-surveyor

Sour grapes. Get better facts next time and maybe you won't lose.


11 posted on 12/12/2006 9:08:11 AM PST by ndt
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Nice excuse-making there mak.

You'll have lots of company soon though as the anti-creationist Freepers will be showing up for 400 + posts thread.


12 posted on 12/12/2006 9:08:31 AM PST by subterfuge (Today, Tolerance =greatest virtue;Hypocrisy=worst character defect; Discrimination =worst atrocity)
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What, evolution intelligent design supported by leftist creationist lies and plagiarism?

Tell me it isn't so!

13 posted on 12/12/2006 9:08:59 AM PST by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what an Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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West is vice president for public policy and legal affairs for the group's Center for Science and Culture, which issued a statement saying, "The finding that most of Judge Jones' analysis of intelligent design was apparently not the product of his own original deliberative activity seriously undercuts the credibility of Judge Jones' examination of the scientific validity of intelligent design."

Typical Discovery Institute BS.

Both sides submitted their closing briefs. The judge selected those parts that set forth his opinion. This is standard in cases of this type, and the DI folks are dishonest in making a big deal of it. By the way, both closing briefs were posted on the web at the time.

The DI is just upset because their Trojan horse, ID, got pasted.

Here's something else the DI wrote, which somehow leaked out of their control. It sets out their entire strategy: The Wedge Strategy: Center for the Renewal of Science & Culture.

14 posted on 12/12/2006 9:09:12 AM PST by Coyoteman (Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
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May 22, 2006 - Judge Jones reveals his false beliefs (premise for his ruling) about the Anti-Establishment Clause in the Constitution:

"The founders believed that true religion was not something handed down by a church or contained in a Bible, but was to be found through free, rational inquiry. They possessed a great confidence in an individual's ability to understand the world and its most fundamental laws through the exercise of his or her reason. This core set of beliefs led the founders, who constantly engaged and questioned things, to secure their idea of religious freedom by barring any alliance between church and state." ~U.S. District Judge John E. Jones in his May 2006 commencement address to 500 graduates at his alma mater, Dickinson College.

He needs to click my screen name and get up to speed. :)


15 posted on 12/12/2006 9:10:35 AM PST by Matchett-PI (To have no voice in the Party that always sides with America's enemies is a badge of honor.)
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"This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered."

That quote of yours is so full of errors that it should not be read by anyone, ever.

16 posted on 12/12/2006 9:11:45 AM PST by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what an Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: editor-surveyor
Intelligent Design:


17 posted on 12/12/2006 9:12:46 AM PST by TexasCajun
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To: mak5
"This is nothing unusual."

We know. LOL!

18 posted on 12/12/2006 9:14:48 AM PST by GourmetDan
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To: editor-surveyor

This just shows there's so little real proof of evolution they have to resort to lies to push it on our kids, all in the name of rejecting God. Sick.


19 posted on 12/12/2006 9:18:40 AM PST by TraditionalistMommy
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The DI is complaining the opinion was cut and pasted. Where is anyone being accused of lying?


20 posted on 12/12/2006 9:29:06 AM PST by gcruse (http://garycruse.blogspot.com/)
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