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Jurors must reveal race and ethnicity
Times Herald Record Middletown, NY ^
| 9/12/10
| Heather Yakin
Posted on 09/12/2010 3:54:39 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
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They are told not to say anything else about that card or why it's being distributed and not to offer any opinions on why the data is being collected or how to answer the questions (other than truthfully). They're told not to offer the jurors a chance to ask questions and if they ask anyway, have them come to the front of the room to ask in private.
You veeel do as you're told und you veeeel like it! So much for questioning authority.
To: Impala64ssa
I hope I get a jury duty summons. I’d have so much fun with that.
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posted on
09/12/2010 3:56:20 PM PDT
by
Personal Responsibility
("In a time of universal deciet, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - Orwell)
To: Personal Responsibility
What happens if you write in “human”?
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posted on
09/12/2010 3:59:06 PM PDT
by
maro
(One term is enough)
To: Personal Responsibility
I notice they don’t ask who is your daddy! ;-)
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posted on
09/12/2010 3:59:25 PM PDT
by
Dem Guard
(Obama's 57 States = The Organization of The Islamic Conference (OIC).)
To: Impala64ssa
This is racial profiling.
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posted on
09/12/2010 4:00:59 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
To: Impala64ssa
I’ve been on 3 juries. And while I believe I was chosen for at least 2 because I am black I am convinced they were shocked to not get the liberal they had hoped for.
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posted on
09/12/2010 4:02:01 PM PDT
by
South40
("Islam has a long tradition of tolerance." ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
To: maro
I am a sci-fi fan so I have a lot of options... :-)
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posted on
09/12/2010 4:02:43 PM PDT
by
Personal Responsibility
("In a time of universal deciet, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - Orwell)
To: Impala64ssa
People here need to livestream video from the courtroom so the judge can not have it impounded, and get it posted all over the internet.
I would very loudly be asking the judge if my multi racial background offended the court, and when did a eugenic purity program become part of jurisprudence in a free country.
Come to think of it, I played out scenes like this in the military when crap like this came up. Generally they shifted me to assignments away from stupidity.
I never did any brig time for confronting this sort of crap either. Of course, Reagan was president for 2/3 of my time in.
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posted on
09/12/2010 4:04:02 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: Impala64ssa
The way to end this nonsense if for everyone to claim to be black.
NOBODY is genetically pure, ESPECIALLY "black" people.
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posted on
09/12/2010 4:10:01 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The only stable state is one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
To: Impala64ssa
I’m sorry, I can’t answer those questions.
The government has never assigned me a race or ethnicity.
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posted on
09/12/2010 4:13:38 PM PDT
by
seowulf
("If you write a whole line of zeroes, it's still---nothing"...Kira Alexandrovna Argounova)
To: Impala64ssa
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posted on
09/12/2010 4:16:15 PM PDT
by
Drango
(NO-vember is payback for April 15th)
To: Impala64ssa
How do “race” and “ethnicity” differ?
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posted on
09/12/2010 4:17:21 PM PDT
by
LiteKeeper
("Psalm 109:8")
To: Impala64ssa
I’m serving this fall, for the first time in my life because I don’t have a baby right now, and I have been chosen to serve in COMPTON. I don’t think I will need to fill out that card as I will appear ghostly in the jury box.
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posted on
09/12/2010 4:17:27 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: Impala64ssa
They should also be required to reveal which caped crusader action figure they think they are.
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posted on
09/12/2010 4:18:35 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Don't you dare try to use MY Constitution to protect and defend MY enemies!)
To: Impala64ssa
They can advise jurors to use black or blue ink. I look for a day when questionnaires will be judged not by the colour of their ink, but by the content of their answers.
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posted on
09/12/2010 4:20:00 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Pardon him...he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe ... are the laws of nature)
To: South40
Keep up the good works my fellow American!
To: Drango
Im a Native American. I was born here too.
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posted on
09/12/2010 4:22:50 PM PDT
by
jslade
To: Drango
I too am Native.
How about this as a solution to recism in America? Make it illegal for ANY entity to require disclosure of ethnicity or race for ANY REASON. Period.
Best candidate for the job based upon their individual qualifications - not based upon their race, sex, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. Isn’t that what EQUALITY means?
As soon as you put a label on anyone, you become a racist.
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posted on
09/12/2010 4:24:35 PM PDT
by
datura
(Stop Obamunism.)
To: Circle_Hook
Oh I will and soon. I’ve been called for jury duty beginning October 4th. It’s always fun to see the attorneys focus on me because they automatically assume I am a liberal. All they have to do is ask the right questions during voir dire and they will know I am not. But they never do.
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posted on
09/12/2010 4:27:25 PM PDT
by
South40
("Islam has a long tradition of tolerance." ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
To: Impala64ssa
“I’m a Viking!”
“I’m a Creachadair!”
“I’m a Celt! And I have Mead!”
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posted on
09/12/2010 4:33:39 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
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