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Bush Called for Jury Duty in Texas
WACO, Texas - President Bush could get a new title: juror No. 286. Someday, but not Monday, when he was summoned for jury duty.
The president was among 600 potential jurors summoned to report to court in McLennan County, where his 1,600-acre Crawford ranch is located.
State District Judge Ralph Strother told the Waco Tribune-Herald he expected to get a response about the summons but didn't expect Bush to report for duty.
"I don't think I'll be sending the sheriff out to bring the president in," said Strother, a Republican who has a grandson serving in Iraq. "It seems to me that the president has plenty of things to occupy his attention. Jury duty is a very important civic function, but running the country, I think, especially in wartime, takes priority over jury service."
White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Thursday that the president intends to serve, just not on Monday. The president hadn't received the summons, but the White House reached out to the court after media accounts surfaced and was informed that the summons was for Monday, McClellan.
"We have since called the court to inform them that the president has other commitments on Monday and that he would like to reschedule his jury duty," he said. "We will be working with the court to reschedule his jury duty. ... Jury duty is an important civic responsibility and it's important that people do serve."
Although Bush won't serve this time, his Democratic rival in the 2004 election served on a Massachusetts jury last month. Kerry not only served, but was elected foreman of the Suffolk Superior Court jury, which rejected a claim by two men who sued the city of Boston for injuries suffered in a car accident involving a school principal.
Well, we know how he would've voted if it was a death penalty case.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2005; Posted: 10:26 a.m. EST (15:26 GMT)
BOSTON (AP) -- Sen. John Kerry's public profile and prosecutorial past didn't spare him from performing that most mundane of civic responsibilities -- jury duty.
Kerry was not only chosen this week to sit on a jury in Suffolk Superior Court, but also was elected foreman.
The case involved two men who sued the city for injuries suffered in a 2000 car accident involving a school principal. The Kerry-led jury rejected their claim Tuesday, and his fellow jurors said the state's junior senator was a natural leader.
"I just found him to be a knowledgeable, normal person," said Cynthia Lovell, a nurse and registered Republican who says she now regrets voting for President Bush in last year's election. "He kept us focused. He wanted us all to have our own say."
The former Democratic presidential candidate reported for duty Monday and none of the lawyers in the case objected to putting him on the jury.
"I was a little surprised," Kerry said of being selected for jury duty.
"I enjoyed it," he said. "It was very, very interesting and very instructive."
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The case involved two men who sued the city for injuries suffered in a 2000 car accident involving a school principal. The Kerry-led jury rejected their claim Tuesday, and his fellow jurors said the state's junior senator was a natural leader.
I bet John Edwards is pissed at this verdict.
The three times I have been called, I was rejected in the first round.
Lawyer A: " What is your profession?"
B_I: "Systems and software engineer"
Lawyer A: "Shit. Veto!"
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broken_iris wrote:
punkdavid wrote:
The case involved two men who sued the city for injuries suffered in a 2000 car accident involving a school principal. The Kerry-led jury rejected their claim Tuesday, and his fellow jurors said the state's junior senator was a natural leader.
I bet John Edwards is pissed at this verdict.
The three times I have been called, I was rejected in the first round.
Lawyer A: " What is your profession?" B_I: "Systems and software engineer" Lawyer A: "Shit. Veto!"
Yeah, you'd think that "United States Senator and former district attorney" might disqualify you, but I guess not.
I heard that Bush's dad got him out of having to serve though.
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I'm surprised either are allowed to sit on a jury. In Britain, Tony Blair is banned from jury duty three times over, for being Prime Minister, a barrister, and a Member of Parliament.
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