| Jim,
As you well know, judges can form opinions after hearing the evidence. And the 139 pages supports his conclusion in that even-tempered nature, free of bias, and with care-and-sensitivity- to-the -school-control-issues manner you are say you are concerned about.
Sorry you couldn't be bothered to inform yourself before forming an opinion about the judge.
Steve In a message dated 12/20/2005 12:05:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "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." It will take me a while to review the decision, so I do appreciate the snippet that informs me of the even-tempered nature of a judge who obviously is free of bias and understands the careful and sensitive nature of invocations of judicial power to direct the pedagogical component of local school operations. Jim Henderson Senior Counsel ACLJ _______________________________________________
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