Law, Darwinism, and Public Education: The Establishment Clause and the Challenge of Intelligent Design

In 1987, in Edwards v. Aguillard, the United States Supreme Court declared as unconstitutional a Louisiana statute requiring the state's public schools to teach creationism if evolution is taught and to teach evolution if creationism is taught. It was a serious blow to creationism in public schools, but a new movement since then has kept the debate alive. That new movement is "Intelligent Design."

Should Intelligent Design be taught in schools? In Law, Darwinism, & Public Education, Francis ...