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...from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.
—Charles Darwin

 

Fall 2009   Evolution, Diversity and Change

Public Lecture - Judicial Independence and the Pennsylvania Case of Intelligent Design in the Public Schools

Event flyer PDF

Judge John E. Jones III
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

When: Friday, December 4, 2009 @ 4:00 p.m.
Where: Indiana Memorial Union, Whittenberger Auditorium
Sponsors:College of Arts and Sciences, Union Board, The Center on Law, Society & Culture

 

Abstract:
Judge John E. Jones, III, is best known for his presiding role in the landmark Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case, in which the teaching of intelligent design in public school science classes was ruled to be unconstitutional. Judge Jones will speak on the role of judicial independence within the context of his service on the bench and his role in the Kitzmiller decision.