NEWDOW v. BUSH

No. CIV.A. 04-2208(JDB).

355 F.Supp.2d 265 (2005)

Michael NEWDOW, Plaintiff, v. George W. BUSH, President of the United States, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

January 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Newdow, Sacramento, CA, pro se.

Edward White, Nicholas J. Patterson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for George W. Bush.

George J. Terwilliger, White & Case, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Presidential Inaugural Committee.

James Matthew Henderson, Sr., American Center for Law and Justice, Washington, DC, for American Center for Law and Justice, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BATES, District Judge.

This case draws this Court into the murky waters of the law relating to the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Plaintiff Michael Newdow, a well-known atheist litigant, challenges the inclusion of prayers by invited clergy—in the form of an invocation and benediction—at the upcoming Presidential Inauguration scheduled to occur on January...

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