From the Washington Post: In a 140-page decision, U.S. District Judge Robert W. Pratt ruled that the InnerChange Freedom Initiative program at Iowa's Newton Correctional Facility violated the constitutional ban on government establishment of religion because it was state-funded, pervasively sectarian and aimed at religious conversion. Brought by Americans for the Seperation of Church and State, the case is a major challenge to the faith-based initiative. Although the ruling does not set a precedent for courts in other jurisdictions, lawyers on both sides agreed that the judge's logic, if applied nationwide, would invalidate many similar prison programs and deal a sharp blow to elements of the president's faith-based initiative.