Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District:
The ‘Intelligent Design’ Case

News Articles (selected items)

• The York Daily Record has an extensive archive of its coverage of the controversy and the trial.
• The York Dispatch also has a special section on its site about the Dover case.
• Slate article of October 18, 2005 about Eric Rothschild’s cross-examination of intelligent design proponent Michael Behe (“Intelligent Disguise” by Hanna Rosin).
• “Closing Arguments Made in Trial on Intelligent Design,” The New York Times, 11/5/05
• “In the Judge’s Hands; A Ruling in the School District’s Intelligent-Design Case Could Come By the End of the Year,” York Daily Record, 11/5/05
• San Francisco Chronicle article of November 6, 2005 (“War of Ideas Fought In a Small-Town Courtroom; Intelligent Design Theory vs. The Science of Evolution at Center of Pennsylvania Trial” by Mike Weiss).
• Boston Globe article of November 6, 2005 (“Little-Known Text Plays Key Role in Intelligent Design Trial; School District Lawsuit Boosts Sales of Book” by Kathy Boccella).
• The New Yorker article of December 5, 2005 (“Darwin In the Dock - Intelligent Design Has Its Day in Court” by Margaret Talbot) (not available online; for more information, see "The New Yorker Examines ‘Intelligent Design’ Trial In Which Pepper Was Lead Plaintiffs’ Counsel”).
• Time article on Judge Jones’ ruling, December 21, 2005 (“ ‘Breathtaking Inanity’: How Intelligent Design Flunked Its Test Case,” by Sean Scully)
• Time article assessing the theory of evolution in light of the decision, December 21, 2005 (“Darwin Victorious,” by Michael Lemonick)
• Washington Post article on the court’s opinion, December 21, 2005 (“Defending Science by Defining It,” by David Brown and Rick Weiss)
• Feature article on Eric Rothschild published by the JTA news service (“For Philly lawyer, landmark win was a case of ‘intelligent design’ ” by Chanan Tigay, December 27, 2005)
• Feature article in The Legal Intelligencer on Eric Rothschild and Stephen G. Harvey (“Winning Intelligent Design Case Puts Plaintiffs Attorneys in Public Eye,” by Gina Passarella, December 29, 2005)
• Harper’s Magazine article of February 2006 (“God or Gorilla; A Darwin Descendant at the Dover Monkey Trial,” by Matthew Chapman)
• Pennsylvania Gazette article of March/April 2006 (“Intelligent Demise,” by Peter Nichols)
• The Pennsylvania Lawyer article of July/August 2006 (“One for the History Books,” by Lisa L. Granite)

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