jury duty
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon Wood's idea of citizenship is one of equality. And the Brown University history professor says today’s partisanship government isn’t any worse than it was in the 1790s. What do you think?
Have you ever feared receiving a jury summons? Do you think others should participate, but not you?
Paula Hannaford-Agor, J.D., Director of the Center for Jury Studies, with the National Center for State Courts, believes jury service helps democracy. See if you agree.
Discussions of important civic duties almost always include two — voting and jury duty.
While a statistical blip might occur from time to time, the voting record of Americans in the past several decades pretty much stinks — from local races to those of national significance.
I think most people believe jury duty fares no better. Many localities used to pull potential jurors from registered-voter rolls. Anecdotal evidence suggests that it caused some people to not register, a kind of civic engagement double whammy.
