Is this another case of immigrants doing a job that Americans won’t do? /s
What could possibly go wrong....
I’ve always said that the justice system in this country was a joke. The commie left just “doubled down” on it being a big joke.
Should be found unconstitutional in time.
More wasted money on the part of Californians with daffy, not to say idiotic, ideas.
In all honesty, I didn't see how it could get any worse. I was wrong.
Oops, the latter has already been established. Obama has set that precedence.
*I'm not claiming that Obama was not born in the US nor do I claim he's not a US Citizen. The mere fact that he denied us the proof which even John McCain was demanded to provide was all that was needed to set the new process of electing our President. Personally, I think that was his only objective from the beginning. I always thought that.
I say go with it and help the demise of this state. We can’t beat ‘em but we can help create chaos within.
Once the GOP helps pass illegal alien amnesty this will be happening all over America. Enjoy all.
If they serve on juries then they surely should have the right to vote.. /s
Hey, they’re just wanting a jury of their peers.
I wonder if they need to pass an English literacy test, or if taxpayers need to pay for translators in every courtroom. California has illegals from around the world so there could be several languages in need of translation.
Cluster ...
What an incredibly stupid action.
Can’t see how this survives a lawsuit but, Barack Hussein Obama is now serving a 2nd term....
What do I know....
Looking like our whole nation is being taken over....
First, I can understand how a person accused of a crime or a civil offense would want a trail by their peers and since so many residents of California are not citizens, well, what could be more fair.
Second, since any jury pay has to be reported on your income taxes and since I am sure that ALL non-citizen legal residents of California have social security numbers (even if they belong to someone else) this should be no problem.
I also assume that jurors will not need to speak English and that translators will be made available to them?
This will be so interesting to watch as California turns into a third world province within a first world country.
Somebody needs to check the water supply of blue states.
We citizens are daily being marginalized by the leftists.
A whole lot of public schooling goes into such a thought process.
Well, this should provide lots more jobs for translators, one for each jurist of a non-English language.
Question! Can/could a non citizen vote especially for a life or even death sentence for a true/valid citizen. If so the USA has certainly given away Constitutional rights as to peers, be a person innocent or guilty.
UNOFFICIAL BALLOT
MEASURE: AB 1401
AUTHOR: Committee on Judiciary
TOPIC: Jury duty: eligibility.
DATE: 04/25/2013
LOCATION: ASM. FLOOR
MOTION: AB 1401 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By WIECKOWSKI
(AYES 45. NOES 26.) (PASS)
AYES
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Alejo Ammiano Atkins Blumenfield
Bocanegra Bonilla Bonta Bradford
Brown Buchanan Ian Calderon Campos
Chau Chesbro Dickinson Eggman
Fong Frazier Garcia Gatto
Gomez Gordon Hall Roger Hernández
Holden Jones-Sawyer Levine Medina
Mitchell Mullin Muratsuchi Pan
Perea V. Manuel Pérez Quirk Rendon
Skinner Stone Ting Torres
Weber Wieckowski Williams Yamada
John A. Pérez
NOES
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Achadjian Allen Bigelow Chávez
Conway Dahle Donnelly Beth Gaines
Gorell Gray Grove Hagman
Harkey Jones Linder Logue
Maienschein Mansoor Melendez Morrell
Nestande Olsen Patterson Wagner
Waldron Wilk
ABSENT, ABSTAINING, OR NOT VOTING
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Bloom Cooley Daly Fox
Lowenthal Nazarian Quirk-Silva Salas
Vacancy