Comments on: A Judge For Reality http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/12/20/a-judge-for-reality/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Ryland http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/12/20/a-judge-for-reality/#comment-16495 Ryland Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:12:01 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1120#comment-16495 Those who accuse Judge Jones of being an "activist judge" should keep in mind that he was appointed by none other than our own Intelligent Design-lovin' president, George W. Bush. Those who accuse Judge Jones of being an “activist judge” should keep in mind that he was appointed by none other than our own Intelligent Design-lovin’ president, George W. Bush.

]]> By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/12/20/a-judge-for-reality/#comment-16493 Quaker in a Basement Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:12:55 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1120#comment-16493 I don't understand why he beat around the bush. Why not just come out and say what he means? Haw. I don’t understand why he beat around the bush. Why not just come out and say what he means?

Haw.

]]> By: PISSED OFF AMERICAN http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/12/20/a-judge-for-reality/#comment-16494 PISSED OFF AMERICAN Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:12:55 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1120#comment-16494 The reason the decision was written the way it was is becuase of prior Supreme Court decisions. Here is my favorite part of the decision: Those who disagree with our holding will likely mark it as the product of an activist judge. If so, they will have erred as this is manifestly not an activist Court. Rather, this case came to us as the result of the activism of an ill-informed faction on a school board, aided by a national public interest law firm eager to find a constitutional test case on ID, who in combination drove the Board to adopt an imprudent and ultimately unconstitutional policy. The breathtaking inanity of the Board's decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which has now been fully revealed through this trial. The students, parents, and teachers of the Dover Area School District deserved better than to be dragged into this legal maelstrom, with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources The reason the decision was written the way it was is becuase of prior Supreme Court decisions.

Here is my favorite part of the decision:

Those who disagree with our holding will likely mark it as the product of an
activist judge. If so, they will have erred as this is manifestly not an activist Court. Rather, this case came to us as the result of the activism of an ill-informed faction on a school board, aided by a national public interest law firm eager to find a constitutional test case on ID, who in combination drove the Board to adopt an imprudent and ultimately unconstitutional policy. The breathtaking inanity of the Board’s decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which has now been fully revealed through this trial. The students, parents, and teachers of the Dover Area School District deserved better than to be dragged into this legal maelstrom, with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources

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