tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10625494.post113530595051533283..comments2023-09-28T04:37:53.084-05:00Comments on On the Radar: ID - Scientific Theory?radarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05303447381461990333noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10625494.post-1135658442609156422005-12-26T22:40:00.000-06:002005-12-26T22:40:00.000-06:00And my concern is only that a school district is e...And my concern is only that a school district is evidently not allowed to develop it's own curriculum. That is left up to a judge? As Slowpitch emphasizes the situation was corrected by democratic method. The judge, however, still felt that he needed to develop curriculum.radarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05303447381461990333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10625494.post-1135578586399169132005-12-26T00:29:00.000-06:002005-12-26T00:29:00.000-06:00Yeah, I'm so glad federal courts are deciding what...Yeah, I'm so glad federal courts are deciding what can and what cannot be taught in our classrooms.<BR/><BR/>At one time the Supreme Court ruled that a minimum wage/working condition law is unconstitutional because there was no economic justification for a legislature to interfere with a contract between workers. Today, we see that this was wrong (not striking down a minimum wage law, but overrulling an elected body where they clearly have authority).<BR/><BR/>We will uncertainly look upon these ridiculous rulings as completely wrong in the future; in fact, this dumb ruling would surely be overturned by a higher court today (it's just not clear that the ruling will be appealed because the school board that mandated ID has already been voted out).<BR/><BR/>Activist judges come in all shapes. Just because a judge was appointed by a Republican doesn't make them immune from making retarded decisions, although it does hedge aginst the chance *a lot*. Most of the Supreme Court was appointed by Republicans, yet a bare majority still incorrectly decided <I>Kelo v. New London</I> earlier this year.slowpitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971755207455149054noreply@blogger.com