John E. Jones III
| John E. Jones III | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | |
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Assumed office July 30, 2002 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | James McClure |
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June 13, 1955 Pottsville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Beth Ann |
| Alma mater | Dickinson School of Law |
| Religion | Lutheran |
John Edward Jones III (born June 13, 1955) is an American lawyer and jurist from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. A Republican, Jones was appointed by President George W. Bush as federal judge on 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.
Jones was born in 1955 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania and raised in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, where he attended Blue Mountain High School. He graduated high school from Mercersburg Academy. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Dickinson College in 1977 and law degree from Dickinson School of Law in 1980. At that time, the school was unaffiliated with Pennsylvania State University.
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