Dover, PA district legal fees likely to top $1 million

[Thom Little]

The Dover Area School District might learn as early as next week how much it owes in legal fees for its losing court battle over intelligent design.

Those fees will exceed $1 million, said Witold Walczak, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, one of the organizations that represented 11 Dover parents who successfully sued the district to have the intelligent design policy rescinded.

Walczak and another lawyer involved in the case said they were uncertain whether the fees would approach $2 million. He said the total could be known as early as next week or by the end of the month.

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The solicitor, Stephen Russell, said in an interview that he will recommend that the school board not try to seek reimbursement of legal fees from former board members who advocated adoption of the intelligent design policy.

"I have a problem with board members being sued for taking actions that are later found to be wrong," Russell said. "Nobody would run for office."



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[tularetom]

1. I think in this case the district

should definitely seek recovery of the funds from the deposed board members. This wasn't merely an "action that was later found to be wrong" it was a deliberate attempt to violate the constitution on the part of these members. They knew it and substituted their religious beliefs for good public policy and they should not force the taxpayers to subsidize their little fantasy.

[loveable liberal]

2. Awwwwww...... dont implement religion into public schools...

and you wont have this problem.................

[InsultComicDog]

3. While that is true

you know they will twist it so that it is us "evil Darwinists" who cost them all of this money by suing...

[ieoeja]

5. That is EXACTLY what they say.

I've had this discussion with my family. Okay, it's not much of a discussion.

"I wish these people would stop bringing these suits and costing us taxpayers so much money."

"These issues have been adjudicated a hundred times before, and found to be unconstitutional each and every time. So I would be angrier at the folk who did something they knew perfectly well was illegal and, if challenged, would cost the taxpayers this money in addition to the money they spent in the first place doing that which was unconsitutional."

"Whatever."

[yellowcanine]

4. The Discovery Institute should pony up the money. It was their idea to

start with. Let them put their money where their mouth is.