Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 77. Chapters: Abington School District v. Schempp, Agostini v. Felton, Aguilar v. Felton, Ahlquist v. Cranston, American Civil Liberties Union v. Schundler, American Family Association v. City and County of San Francisco, American Jewish Congress v. Bost, Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn, Aronow v. United States, Bibb County School District vs. Wickman, Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet, Braunfeld v. Brown, Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette, County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union, Cutter v. Wilkinson, Daniel v. Waters, Daugherty v. Vanguard, Edgerton Bible Case, Edwards v. Aguillard, Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow, Engel v. Vitale, Epperson v. Arkansas, Everson v. Board of Education, Freiler v. Tangipahoa Parish Board of Education, Glassroth v. Moore, Good News Club v. Milford Central School, Green v. Haskell County Board of Commissioners, Hendren v. Campbell, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Lee v. Weisman, Lemon v. Kurtzman, Locke v. Davey, Lynch v. Donnelly, Marsh v. Chambers, McCollum v. Board of Education, McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union, McGowan v. Maryland, Mitchell v. Helms, Mueller v. Allen, Newdow v. Carey, Ohio Civil Rights Comm'n v. Dayton Christian Schools, Inc., Peloza v. Capistrano School District, Rosenberger v. University of Virginia, Salazar v. Buono, Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe, Selman v. Cobb County School District, Smith v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, Stone v. Graham, Summers v. Adams, Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock, Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Van Orden v. Perry, Wallace v. Jaffree, Walz v. Tax Commission, Webster v. New Lenox School District, Westside School District v. Mergens, Zellers v. Huff, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District. Excerpt: Tammy Kitzmiller, et al. v. Dover Area School District, et al. (400 F. Supp. 2d 707, Docket no. 4cv2688) was the first direct challenge brought in the United States federal courts testing a public school district policy that required the teaching of intelligent design. In October 2004 the Dover Area School District changed its biology teaching curriculum to require that intelligent design be presented as an alternative to evolution theory, and that Of Pandas and People was to be used as a reference book. The plaintiffs successfully argued that intelligent design is a form of creationism, and that the school board policy violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The judge's decision sparked considerable response from both supporters and critics. Eleven parents of students in Dover, York County, Pennsylvania, near the city of York, sued the Dover Area School District over the school board requirement that a statement presenting intelligent design as "an explanation of the origin of life that differs from Darwin's view" was to be read aloud in ninth-grade science classes when evolution was taught. The plaintiffs were represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) and Pepper Hamilton LLP. The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) acted as consultants for the plaintiffs. The defendants were represented by the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC). The Foundation for Thought and Ethics, publisher of Of Pandas and People, a textbook advocating intelligent design and whose prominence within the trial was such that it is sometimes referred to as the Dover Panda Trial, tried to join the lawsuit late as a defendant but was denied for multiple reasons. The suit was brought in the U.S. District Court for the...