more recently, the intelligent design movement has taken an anti-evolution position which avoids any direct appeal to religion. however, leonard krishtalka, a paleontologist and an opponent of the movement, has called intelligent design "nothing more than creationism in a cheap tuxedo," and, in "kitzmiller v.dover area school district" (2005) united states district judge john e. jones iii ruled that "intelligent design is not science," but is "grounded in theology" and "cannot uncouple itself from its creationist, and thus religious, antecedents." before the trial began, u.s. president george w. bush commented endorsing the teaching of intelligent design alongside evolution "i felt like both sides ought to be properly taught ... so people can understand what the debate is about." scientists argue that intelligent design does not represent any research program within the scientific community, and is opposed by most of the same groups who oppose creationism.