The jurors themselves should object to this invasion of their privacy.
“Other than something related to a political campaign with a candidate’s name on it, what bumper stickers do you have on your car?”
They can’t force you to answer questions during jury pool decision making. They can ask, but you don’t have to answer them.
I forget the rules, but basically they can ask you all kinds of things, and the defense and prosecution have the ability to veto a certain number of jurors for any reason.
Few times I’ve been called for Jury Duty, I just make sure the prosecution and defense attys know my dad was an ATTY, and that my dad would volunteer me to the the witnesses in their mock trials during law school if they ever need a child witness... I got a first hand look at the games attys play...
It was actually a pretty wild experience, I would have to memorize the testimony, then the “classroom” was literally set up like a courtroom, with the students sitting in the round looking at the “judge” and witness stand. I’d sit there and answer the questions of the “prosecutors” and “defense’ attys and the “Judge” (professor” would stop the proceedings to discuss with the students various things at any point.. then after those discussions were done, the “trial” would resume.
I was young obviously at the time, but got key insights into the games that get played in the courtroom.
Every single time at Jury Duty once the ATTYs find out that I have this background, I am summarily rejected as a possible Juror.
I wonder what would be a generic response to this question that would give no clue as to what you really believe.
I haven’t received a jury summons in years.
And I am an eligible juror and have been for years.
Wanna bet Trump donors/supporters are already being weeded out from jury duty.
Betcha...
Just ask them if they are blue Rats, if not…disqualification…Justice system is a farce…
If a DOJ attorney asked me as a potential juror whether I thought the 2020 election was stolen, I’d have to answer truthfully. “After seeing all the dishonesty in the federal government, including at the DoJ, I think it could have been stolen and that we will never know.” I don’t think I would last long in the jury pool.