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John E. Jones III

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The Pursuit of Happiness - One College, One Community Event

 

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Alumni in Action - Judge John E. Jones III '77

 

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Father Dies in Utah Cave

 

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System Reset - John Jones III

 

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Judge John Jones ‘77: On Historical Import of Whitewood v. Wolf

John Edward Jones III is an American lawyer and jurist from Pennsylvania. A Republican, Jones was appointed by President George W. Bush as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in February 2002 and was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on July 30, 2002. He is best known for his presiding role in the landmark Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case, in which the teaching of "intelligent design" in public school science classes was ruled to be unconstitutional. In 2014, he ruled that Pennsylvania's 1996 ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.
  • Personal 

  • Federal judicial service 

  • ''Kitzmiller v. Dover'' (2005) 

  • ''Whitewood v. Wolf'' (2014)