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'''John E. Jones III''' is a [[Republican in name only|Republican]] federal judge from notable for ruling that [[PennsylvaniaIntelligent design]]. He was appointed by President is another name for creationism in the [[George WKitzmiller v. BushDover Area School District]] and has presided over many casescase.<ref name="Cohncsmon">CohnGrier , Robert A. Peter and Josh Burek [http://www.stljewishlightcsmonitor.com/news2005/325553899591448.php ''Judge explains 'intelligent design' ruling''] St. Louis Jewish Light January 1, 2008 <1221/ref> One such case, the [[Kitzmiller vp01s01-ussc. Dover Area School District]], was brought by the parents of 11 students from the Dover school district to remove [[html Banned in Biology Class: Intelligent Design]] from district classrooms. Jones ruled that it should be removed, and this has sparked a controversy. Ann Coulter called Judge Jones a "hack."Christian Science Monitor</ref name="Cohn"/>

Judge Jones accused the School Board in the ''Kitzmiller'' case of is a [[deceitRepublican in name only|deceitfulRepublican]] judge from [[Pennsylvania]] tactics, but of course this was his opinion, and not prosecutedwas appointed by President [[George W. Bush]].<ref> name="Cohn"n7 >Cohn, Robert A.[http://www.stljewishlight. In fact, one consistency among the Dover School Board members' testimony, which was marked by selective memories and outright lies under oath, as will be discussed in more detail below, is that they did not think they needed to be knowledgeable about ID because it was not being taught to the studentscom/news/325553899591448. We disagree." php ''Judge John Eexplains 'intelligent design' ruling''] St. Jones IIILouis Jewish Light January 1, Republican2008 </ref> One such case, in the [[Kitzmiller v. Dover Independent Area School District]], 400 Fwas brought by the parents of 11 students from the Dover school district to remove [[Intelligent Design]] from district classrooms. Supp. 2d 707Jones ruled that it should be removed, 727and this has sparked a controversy. [[Ann Coulter]] called Judge Jones a "hack."</refname="Cohn"/>   Legal scholars Jay D. Wexler and Arnold H. Loewy questioned Judge Jones's ruling. <ref>http://www.evolutionnews.org/2007/03/kitzmiller_attorney_uses_harsh.html</ref> Also, the WorldNetDaily stated: "A historic judicial  In his ruling against intelligent design theory hailed as a "broad, stinging rebuke" and a "masterpiece of wit, scholarship and clear thinking" actually had material in its "finding of facts" that was "Judge Jones cut and pasted" (read: plagiarized) material from a brief by [[ACLU]] lawyers and includes many of their provable errors, contends the Seattle-based Discovery Institutebriefs." <ref>Moore, Art [http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53330''Judge copied ACLU in anti-intelligent design ruling''] World Net Daily</ref><ref>West, John G. and David K. DeWolf [http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/indexfilesDB-download.php?command=viewdownload&id=38291186 ''A Comparison of Judge Jones’ Opinion in Kitzmiller v. Dover withPlaintiffs’ Proposed "Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law"''] Discovery Institute. December 12, 2006</ref><ref>http://www.evolutionnews.org/2007/01/a_response_to_darwinist_defend.html</ref> The Discovery Institute states that Judge Jones followed the ACLU and ignored contrary facts. <ref>http://www.evolutionnews.org/2005/12/judge_jones_follows_aclu_ignor.html</ref>

After the trial, Judge Jones signed an order that prohibited any appeal of his decision and awarded ordered the school district to pay over $2 million in legal fees to the ACLU's side.{{fact}}