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'''John E. Jones III''' is a [[Republican in name only|Republican]] judge from [[Pennsylvania]]. He was appointed by President [[George W. Bush]] and has presided over many cases. <ref name="Cohn">Cohn, Robert A. [http://www.stljewishlight.com/news/325553899591448.php ''Judge explains 'intelligent design' ruling''] St. Louis Jewish Light January 1, 2008 </ref> One such case, the [[Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District]], was brought by the parents of 11 students from the Dover school district to remove [[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."<ref name="Cohn"/>
Jones accused the pro-intelligent design School Board in the ''Kitzmiller'' case of [[deceit|deceitful]] tactics, but of course this was his opinion, and not prosecuted.<ref> "n7 ... 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 students. We disagree." Judge John E. Jones III, Republican, in Kitzmiller v. Dover Independent School District, 400 F. Supp. 2d 707, 727.</ref> 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 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 "cut and pasted" from a brief by [[ACLU]] lawyers and includes many of their provable errors, contends the Seattle-based Discovery Institute." <ref>http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53330</ref><ref>http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=3829</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>
Information published by the [[Discovery Institute]] is contested.<ref>For a rebuttal argument, see [http://www.talkorigins.org/origins/postmonth/jan06.html#part2 here]</ref>
Jones later made statements making clear that he knew that he had engaged in [[judicial activism]] in the case.<ref>http://www.evolutionnews.org/2007/11/judge_jones_admits_the_activis.html</ref>
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