The Movement Proves Itself Ever Less Intelligent.
Though I had read that the pro-”Intelligent Design” schoolboard in Dover, Pennsylvania was kicked out in the recent election, it hadn’t occurred to me how this might impact the surrounding legal battle. But as the district’s attorney is quoted as pointing out in this article (via aclu-pa), “The case was tried with the assumption that regardless of who won or lost an appellate court and maybe ultimately the (U.S.) Supreme Court would take a look at it and change the law . . . If they don’t appeal, what they’ve done is short-circuit the entire legal strategy that was put in place by the Thomas More Law Center.”
Also interesting is that one of the ex-board members is proposing to cut their losses by eliminating intelligent design from the curriculum, and having their lawyers file a motion to dismiss so as to get away with only nominal damages. This sounds like a rather dubious strategy to me, and the article notes that such a move would not exempt the district from paying the plaintiff’s attorneys fees.
