Lawsuit-bait evolution-education laws needed
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One good way of inviting a lawsuit would be to include the term "Intelligent Design" in the bill, because ID was what Judge Jones ruled against in Kitzmiller. "ID" was originally in the Florida bill but has been removed.
The goal of inviting lawsuits should be to have the courts declare the evolution controversy to be non-justiciable. Questions are non-justiciable when there is “a lack of judicially discoverable and manageable standards.” Vieth v. Jubelirer, 541 U.S. 267, 277-78 (2004). IMO the Darwinists' dream of having the courts declare criticism of evolution to be unconstitutional is a pipe dream. Here are the Supreme Court's options if a court decision on the scientific merits of evolution or criticisms of evolution (e.g., intelligent design) is ever appealed to the Supreme Court:
(1) Deny certiorari -- i.e., refuse to review the decision.
(2) Declare the controversy to be non-justiciable. In Massachusetts v. EPA, the Supreme Court essentially treated the global-warming controversy as non-justiciable, and there is no reason to believe that the court would not do the same with the evolution controversy.
Is the Supreme Court going to sit there and listen to several weeks of scientific testimony on the evolution controversy?
Another possibility is for Congress to strip the Supreme Court -- pursuant to Article III of the Constitution -- of of appellate jurisdiction over the evolution conroversy.
In South Dakota, there was an anti-abortion ballot measure that was actually intended to be lawsuit bait:
Lawmakers had hoped the ban would be challenged in court, provoking litigation that might eventually lead to a U.S. Supreme Court reversal of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.
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Labels: Evolution education (new #5)
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But I have some fear that many of the justices of the Supreme Court might turn out to be almost as stupid as John E. Jones, if they ever get the case. There's no telling how the "Nine Ayatollahs" of the Court might rule on anything, since the only check on their arbitrary power is an amendment to the Constitution, which is very difficult to pass.
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