Just in To Pray!

Early today I posted To Pray or Not, referring to the inauguration ceremony. U.S. District Judge John Bates issued his ruling today and as expected rejected Mr. Newdow's challenge.

But one day later, Bates ruled that Newdow wouldn't get far in his legal challenge and noted the absence of a "clearly established violation of the Establishment Clause."

"Moreover," the judge said in the ruling, "the balance of harms here, and particularly the public interest, does not weigh strongly in favor of the injunctive relief Newdow requests, which would require the unprecedented step of an injunction against the president." (Read here)