| | In his ruling, Judge Jones plagiarized material from [[ACLU]] briefs.<ref name="moore">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 name="west and DeWolf">West, John G. and David K. DeWolf (December 12, 2006) [http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php?command=download&id=1186 A Comparison of Judge Jones’ Opinion in ''Kitzmiller v. Dover'' with Plaintiffs’ Proposed "Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law"] Discovery Institute.</ref><ref>Luskin, Casey (January 26, 2007) [http://www.evolutionnews.org/2007/01/a_response_to_darwinist_defend.html ''A Response to Darwinist Defenders of Judge Jones' Copying from the ACLU''] Evolution News</ref><ref>Judge Jones even copied a misspelling of Antony Flew [http://darkbuzz.com/2007-11.htm#2007-11-04+01:47:00+226]</ref> The Discovery Institute states that Judge Jones followed the ACLU and ignored contrary facts.<ref>Crowther, Robert (December 21, 2005)[http://www.evolutionnews.org/2005/12/judge_jones_follows_aclu_ignor.html ''Judge Jones Follows ACLU, Ignores Contrary Facts''] Evolution News</ref> | | In his ruling, Judge Jones plagiarized material from [[ACLU]] briefs.<ref name="moore">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 name="west and DeWolf">West, John G. and David K. DeWolf (December 12, 2006) [http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php?command=download&id=1186 A Comparison of Judge Jones’ Opinion in ''Kitzmiller v. Dover'' with Plaintiffs’ Proposed "Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law"] Discovery Institute.</ref><ref>Luskin, Casey (January 26, 2007) [http://www.evolutionnews.org/2007/01/a_response_to_darwinist_defend.html ''A Response to Darwinist Defenders of Judge Jones' Copying from the ACLU''] Evolution News</ref><ref>Judge Jones even copied a misspelling of Antony Flew [http://darkbuzz.com/2007-11.htm#2007-11-04+01:47:00+226]</ref> The Discovery Institute states that Judge Jones followed the ACLU and ignored contrary facts.<ref>Crowther, Robert (December 21, 2005)[http://www.evolutionnews.org/2005/12/judge_jones_follows_aclu_ignor.html ''Judge Jones Follows ACLU, Ignores Contrary Facts''] Evolution News</ref> |
| − | After the trial, Judge Jones ordered the school district to pay over $2 million in legal fees to the ACLU's side. | + | After the trial, Judge Jones ordered the school district to pay over $2 million in legal fees to the ACLU's side. The case was not appealed for political reasons, so it is not known whether the opinion would have survived appeal. |
| | 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> | | 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> |