I too am so relieved, even though I felt this decision in favor of the plaintiffs was likely. What wasn't seen, however, was just how much of a slam dunk it was. This was nothing shy of a direct knock-out blow to the IDers. As one law professor on NPR had said, this judge (who was appointed by Dubya and has run as a Republican for Congress in the past) laid out such an incredibly descriptive and in depth decision, leaving no stone unturned, that it would be exceedingly difficult if not impossible to try to appeal such a decision.
I sincerely hope that's true, because this decision should be carried in the hands of the lawyers here in my state of Kansas to our state BOE and slapped across their faces 'till their heads fall off. This is the ideal weapon to utilize for every argument against nutbag BOE's like mine, and the sooner the better.
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