Ouch

The Court has denied Michael Newdow's request for an injunction preventing any inaugeral prayers pending his appeal on his suit alleging that's an unconstitutional entertwining of church and state. According to the order:

"ORDERED that the motion be denied. Appellant has not shown a substantial likelihood of success on his challenge. See Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission v. Holiday Tours, Inc., 559 F.2d 841, 843 (D.C. Cir. 1977)."

Saw it on How Appealing.



UPDATE:

Okay, and I had to giggle at this from Scott Ott's Scrappleface:

"Newdow Petitions to Strike God from Judge's Ruling

by Scott Ott

(2005-01-14) -- Just hours after losing his bid to prohibit Christian prayer at the presidential inauguration ceremony, atheist Michael Newdow filed a motion to have the court remove references to God or religion from all official records of his most recent legal proceeding, Newdow v. George W. Bush (PDF).



"In the court's 50-page ruling alone," said Mr. Newdow, "I was shocked to find 10 mentions each of God, Christianity and church, 14 uses of the word 'religion' and 12 of 'faith,' three instances of 'divine' or 'divinity,' no fewer than 44 mentions of Christ, and 256 appearances of various forms of the word 'prayer'. And I haven't even read the transcripts yet." . . . "

UPDATE UPDATE: According to Tom Goldstein of SCOTUS, the word is he's filing an appeal with the Supremes tomorrow.