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“It’s too late,” says Carol King and a judge
It’s not quite a statute of limitations thing, but it’s a too-late thing, and it’s definitely a chutzpah thing. The defendant suddenly is asking that his jury be given an unexpected day off because of his religion? Well, we all … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order
Tagged First Amendment rights, Law and the bible, law and the courts, role of judges, statutes of limitations
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Jury duty: how not to get out of it
Source, Lowering the Bar: Dressing Like a Prisoner Could Get You Out of Jury Duty, One Way or Another Which begins (and look at this really nice full-color photo of the not-to-be-a-juror in question!): June 12, 2015 Dressing Like a … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged judges and courtrooms, juries, jury duty, role of judges
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The role of judges: some states try to rig the judiciary
Hard to imagine political news getting even more disheartening, but this, from the exemplary Brennan Center, is indeed depressing. Although it has a soupçon of nuttiness, so if you are inclined either to unwarranted optimism or dark satire, you might … Continue reading
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Tagged role of judges, state judiciaries
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