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Scopes trial
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Noun1.Scopes trial - a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed
trial - (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law; "he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty"; "most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial"
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
organic evolution, phylogenesis, phylogeny, evolution - (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
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In late August a top Chamber official even called for a public hearing, similar to the Scopes Monkey Trial, to rule on the evidence of human responsibility for global warming.
WHO SPEAKS FOR BUSINESS? by Jane Sasseen, with Theo Francis and John Carey in Washington / BusinessWeek
And Prof Paul Ward will talk about the notorious Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, in which a Tennessee teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution theory.
Evolution on agenda for Darwin Day students by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
It's ultimately unknowable what they would think of a dispute--even the Scopes Monkey Trial in the 1920s, let alone my case--but I did come across some things that a particular Framer said that I think are pertinent.
Inexorably toward trial: reflections on the Dover case and the "least ... by Jones, John E., III / The Humanist
 
 
 
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