You are hereJudgment Day: Intelligent Design on TrialTitle: Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial Issue: 5–6 Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial, a special two-hour documentary about the Kitzmiller v Dover case, in which teaching "intelligent design" in the public schools was ruled to be unconstitutional, aired nationwide on PBS at 8:00 PM on November 13, 2007. "Judgment Day captures on film a landmark court case with a powerful scientific message at its core," explained Paula Apsell, NOVA's Senior Executive Producer, in a publicity statement. "Evolution is one of the most essential yet, for many people, least understood of all scientific Year: 2007 Date: September–December Page(s): 4–6 topics: This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Review: The Devil in DoverYear: 2009 Issue: 4 Title: The Devil in Dover: An Insider's Story of Dogma v Darwin in Small-Town America The pages of RNCSE are replete with stories of municipalities flirting with anti-evolution policies. The stories that make their way into press or blogs are often limited to the essentials; detailed and researched accounts are rare. Even the court record from the recent Kitzmiller v Dover Area School Board trial provides only a limited version of what the reader instinctively knows is a bigger story. Date: July-August New York: The New Press, 2008. 256 pages. Page(s): 35-36 topics: Media Type: This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Immunology in the Spotlight at the Dover 'Intelligent Design' Trial
The May 2006 issue of Nature Immunology contains a "Commentary" essay on the role that evolutionary immunology played in the now-famous cross-examination of Michael Behe on Day 12 of the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial in the fall of 2005. The essay is coauthored by Nick Matzke, NCSE Public Information Project Director and a key behind-the-scenes player in the Kitzmiller case. Matzke teamed up with two immunologists to write the article: Andrea Bottaro (Department of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry) and Matt Inlay (Department of Pathology, Beckman Center, Stanford University). Both are contributors to the Panda's Thumb weblog, and have written detailed critiques of Behe's claims about immunology (Bottaro, Inlay). These critiques served as an inspiration and guide for Matzke during preparation of the immune system section of the Behe cross-examination.
Kitzmiller v. Dover Timeline
Selected Legal Documents
Some of the most important legal filings in the Kitzmiller case are appended here.
Kitzmiller v. Dover: Intelligent Design on Trial
In the legal case Kitzmiller v. Dover, tried in 2005 in a Harrisburg, PA, Federal District Court, "intelligent design" was found to be a form of creationism, and therefore, unconstitutional to teach in American public schools. Forrest's Testimony: "Creationism" and "ID"
Here are the now-famous word-count charts used by Barbara Forrest in her testimony in Kitzmiller v. Dover. These charts showed that the words "creation" and "creationist" were systematically changed to "intelligent design" and "design proponent" in the drafts for the book Of Pandas and People, in the aftermath of the 1987 Supreme Court case Edwards v. Aguillard .
Click the images for an enlarged view: The "Pandas" Drafts
An excerpt from Nicholas Matzke's article Design on Trial: How NCSE Helped Win the Kitzmiller Case. Reports of the National Center for Science Education 26(1-2), 37-44. (Some HTML links have been added, otherwise the text is original.) Design on TrialTitle: Design on Trial: How NCSE Helped Win the Kitzmiller Case Issue: 1–2 Just another flare-up Year: 2006 Date: January–April Page(s): 37–44 This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Pages
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