Posted on 01/21/2014 12:20:54 PM PST by nickcarraway
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that potential jurors may not be removed from a trial during jury selection solely because of sexual orientation, extending to gays and lesbians a civil right that the U.S. Supreme Court has previously promised only women and racial minorities.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that striking someone from a jury pool because he or she is gay constitutes unlawful discrimination. Its 39-page decision came in an antitrust and contract dispute between two rival drug companies over the price of a popular AIDS drug.
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The full court will render the same verdict if they hear it. The bastards are trying to affect the outcome of the case by allowing obviously biased jurors into the pool.
How did anyone know the juror’s orientation?
Are you a citizen? Do you have a direct interest in the case? If not, get in the box. Repeat until 12.
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