The 11th Circuit Court is set to hear the appeal of the Cobb County evolution disclaimer case soon and the briefs are being filed quickly. The National Center for Science Education is compiling many of those briefs, including the brief that they and People for the American Way filed together last week. Other briefs have been filed by Americans United (along with the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League), the National Association of Science Teachers (along with the National Association of Biology Teachers), the American Jewish Congress, the Clergy and Laity Network (with the Witherspoon Society), and 56 professional science organizations. We have also completed a brief on behalf of several state science organizations, including Michigan Citizens for Science. I hope to make that available both here and on the MCFS website in the next few days.
Briefs in the Cobb County Appeal
Eugene Volokh has a post on the subject of amicus briefs that was prompted by the exchange between he, Clayton Cramer and myself over the ACLU.
Michigan Citizens for Science, along with similar groups in several other states, has filed a brief with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in the Cobb County disclaimer case.
A major development in the Dover trial yesterday. The Discovery Institute had submitted a brief in the case last week and Judge Jones issued an order denying that brief's use in the case.
Here are links to some of the briefs in the McCreary County v ACLU of Kentucky case that will be heard by the Supreme Court in March.