Witold "Vic" Walczak of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania commemorated the 20th anniversary of Kitzmiller v. Dover, in which he helped to represent 11 local parents who objected to the Dover Area School District's 2004 policy requiring students to be exposed to "intelligent design," with a post on the ACLU of Pennsylvania's website.
"Our friends at the National Center for Science Education provided invaluable behind-the-scenes support," Walczak wrote in his post, "primarily to identify expert witnesses, help frame the case presentation, and to educate us lawyers on the relevant science and Intelligent Design creationism itself." He also wrote, with respect to the cross-examination of the defense's expert witnesses, that "the National Center for [Science] Education's assistance in preparing these examinations was invaluable."
"The decision, announced shortly before the holiday season, was fantastic. For us," Walczak observed toward the end of his post. "It's wonderful to look back on this historic trial," he added, "but it foreshadowed some important and highly disturbing trends. Perhaps most notably, the demonization of science itself."
