Should the President and Vice President be excluded from jury service, by law?
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Grumpier Than Uncle Joe
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« on: January 24, 2011, 12:00:04 PM »
« edited: January 24, 2011, 12:22:15 PM by Grumps »
It seems rather silly for us to pick up the travel and security tab for no reason......Obama already was called and informed the court he wouldn't be coming when he was called a while back.  However, Biden just probably wanted a chance to go to DE.....
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« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2011, 02:28:05 PM »
Practically speaking...probably. It's still a good sign that people with authority are still regular citizens like everyone else.
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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2011, 11:14:18 PM »
No... I think it's good for them to serve, if they're selected.
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« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2011, 03:26:43 PM »
The article mentions that Kagan was also recently called for jury duty. So, haha, judges and justices can be jurors? So if a case was appealed, could a judge possibly have to sit through a case once as a juror and once as its judge? Haha.
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« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2011, 03:37:48 PM »
Quote from: Bacon King on January 31, 2011, 03:26:43 PM
The article mentions that Kagan was also recently called for jury duty. So, haha, judges and justices can be jurors? So if a case was appealed, could a judge possibly have to sit through a case once as a juror and once as its judge? Haha.
They would presumably recuse themselves in the second trial.
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