Dover over. ID down, but not out.

It was the beginning of the end. But who could have foreseen the sheer inanity that would follow? The lies? The bloviating?

Now that the arguments have wrapped up, as PZ Myers points out,

There are two things on trial here: the intent and behavior of the Dover school board, and the appropriateness of including Intelligent Design creationism in the schools. The former has been so outrageously, obviously bad that the judge could rule exclusively on that, disregarding the larger issue of Designism, and produce a narrowly limited decision that isn't much use in keeping the IDists in check elsewhere.

Just like after Edwards v. Aguillard, IDers will bounce back with a freshly-minted strategy, new buzzwords, and a gaggle of new voices and faces to try and undo the damage caused by the Thomas More Law Center.