Ted, for obvious reasons and Chuck for when somebody needs their ass kicked.
Posted on 01/10/2015 6:05:22 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
HOUSTON – Like other visitors to the Harris County Jury Plaza, the prospective juror with neatly combed black hair emptied his pockets as he approached the metal detector, took off his belt, removed his boots and proceeded through in his white socks.
But he wasn’t your average citizen come to perform his civic duty – it was Sen. Ted Cruz.
“It is both a privilege and responsibility to serve on a jury. One of the best aspects of being an American is our right to trial by jury,” Sen. Cruz said. “When I received my jury summons, I was proud to do my civic duty.”
Sen. Cruz spent a long morning Friday waiting to learn whether he would be part of a jury panel sent to a trial court. About 11 a.m., he was sent to a criminal court, part of a 65-person panel from which a jury would be picked to hear the case of a man charged with evading arrest....
(Excerpt) Read more at yourhoustonnews.com ...
A senator that doesn’t think he’s above the law or privileged. Some others in the adminstration should sit up and take notice...
Go Ted go! Crush islam! Restore America’s Biblical principles! Nuke the commie bastards to hell!
Go Ted GO, Please Run so I can vote “For” someone special!!
LOL...as though a Houston Lawyer would allow Sen. Ted Cruz to be seated on that jury. And the judge probably would not be comfortable having that expert on the Constitution sitting in his courtroom.
I have to respect him for this and all, but what happens if congress needs to declare war. Is his conservative vote lost in all votes on the floor until his jury duty is over?
Yes, I want to vote for Ted Cruz for President too. He should be the only conservative in the a republican primary. The other conservatives should not run so as not to split the conservative vote.
He can be excused, there are always alternates in a pool even during the trial.
Wow, that's like an airport. I had have had jury duty quite a few times over the past few years and never had to do that. Just walked in and sat down in the courtroom.
I have to disagree with this line, he is an average citizen, just like every other citizen.
“Yes, I want to vote for Ted Cruz for President too. He should be the only conservative in the a republican primary. The other conservatives should not run so as not to split the conservative vote.”
I was thinking about that just today... It would be nice if there could be a pre-primary where all the conservatives could compete and the winner of that contest would run in the republican primary. All the conservatives that didn’t win that contest would then endorse the winner in the republican primary.
Heck, they’ll probably reach a plea deal and the jury will be dismissed. Happens every day.
Update: He was not chosen to be on the jury according to the article.
Hear, hear! And I’m betting he’d agree with you. BTW, do you know how Al Capone got out of serving in the Great War?
He really doesn’t have to serve on a jury, as he’s an officeholder. He went as an example.
Britain’s justice system which we adopted was created by juries- ‘regular’ people.
Better him than the likes of Sheila Jackson-Lee, or some other dingbat liberal. Has she found that American flag planted on Mars yet?
Ted, for obvious reasons and Chuck for when somebody needs their ass kicked.
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