Jury duty is a pain in the neck. It is a disruption in our daily lives, keeping us from work and other important personal obligations. It is also a fundamental duty that helps to preserve our rights to trial by jury...a right that very few of us would want to give up. We have it pretty good in this country. I mean many of us have it so good that something as trivial as baseball cards can be important to us. The government doesn't ask much. Paying taxes and jury duty. I have been a trial lawyer, have police officers in my family, have been the victim of a crime, have been party to a lawsuit, in other words, it is unlikely that I will ever be allowed to actually sit on a jury. Nevertheless, I don't mind giving up a couple of days every 3 years or so if that's what it takes to keep the system working.
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