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If we didn't already have mandatory jury duty, I don't think there's a hope in hell that you could get a bill passed requiring it today. If you did manage to ge
by gpm 4y ago
If we didn't already have mandatory jury duty, I don't think there's a hope in hell that you could get a bill passed requiring it today. If you did manage to get a bill passed, I think the courts would almost certainly strike it down.
We have become much less keen on requiring people to work against their will. Jury duty is grandfathered in, but new things of that kind wouldn't be lightly accepted.
- ryangittins 4y agoThis is true of a lot of things. Imagine if libraries didn't exist and someone got the bright idea for one today. It would never fly.
- origin_path 4y agoIn a world of open source and Wikipedia, that's a bold claim.
- ryangittins 4y agoThose aren't funded by taxpayers like libraries are.