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"Barack Obama summoned for jury duty in Chicago"
Telegraph.co.uk ^ | Jan 25, 2010 | untitled

Posted on 01/25/2010 8:18:25 AM PST by freepdawg

He is the president of the United States, but holding the highest office in the country could not protect Barack Obama from being summoned for jury duty in Illinois...

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: juryduty; obama
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In my city, once you are called for jury duty and fulfill the obligation, you get a certificate that says that you have served and need not ever serve again in that jurisdiction for the rest of your life. Anybody else had similar experience. Anybody know if this is the case for the "Bridgeview court in suburban Chicago"?
1 posted on 01/25/2010 8:18:26 AM PST by freepdawg
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In Colorado, if you report when called, you drop to the bottom of the list. Thus, you are not likely to get called till three to five years later.


2 posted on 01/25/2010 8:20:58 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: freepdawg

Obama needs to be in a courthouse tried and convicted for
treason. Did I say that?? lol


3 posted on 01/25/2010 8:20:58 AM PST by manonCANAL
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He’s a lawyer, so he’s ineligible..................


4 posted on 01/25/2010 8:22:15 AM PST by Red Badger (Education makes people easy to lead, difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.)
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To: freepdawg

He is a busy man. Perhaps he can get off on a technicality, like showing he is not a citizen or something. I’m just trying to maintain his productivity so that he does not waste precious hours away from the people’s business.


5 posted on 01/25/2010 8:23:03 AM PST by C210N (A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
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To: Red Badger
don't you have to be a US citizen to serve on a jury?

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6 posted on 01/25/2010 8:25:27 AM PST by Elle Bee
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To: freepdawg

As a defendant or for jury duty? :)


7 posted on 01/25/2010 8:25:33 AM PST by YouPosting2Me
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To: freepdawg

I believe Obama should not be required to serve on a jury.

Instead he should FACE one.


8 posted on 01/25/2010 8:25:41 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Free Republic. The BEST place anywhere to PIMP YOUR BLOG)
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He’s a lawyer, so he’s ineligible..................Lawyers are not ineligible for jury duty.
9 posted on 01/25/2010 8:25:45 AM PST by frogjerk
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To: freepdawg

The first time I had jury duty, I was told at the end that I wouldn’t be called again for at least two years. The second time was 6 or 7 years later and I wasn’t told afterwards how long it would be before they could call me again.


10 posted on 01/25/2010 8:27:46 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Responsibility2nd

Thats right. His second term should be in jail.


11 posted on 01/25/2010 8:28:11 AM PST by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: freepdawg

When I had jury duty, I had to present my driver license to prove it was really me showing up. I wonder of Barry Soretoro Dunham Hussein Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Obama will have to.


12 posted on 01/25/2010 8:28:31 AM PST by lacrew (The 274th trimester is a very late procedure)
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In my city, once you are called for jury duty and fulfill the obligation, you get a certificate that says that you have served and need not ever serve again in that jurisdiction for the rest of your life. Anybody else had similar experience.

In most Texas counties, they take you off the list for some period. But after that, it's a random draw. You could get picked again in the same year. My wife did. She was picked for two panels, but then the parties settled out of court at the last minute. She also was called for federal jury duty, something I've never been. I have been called 6 times since '77 when I first moved to Texas. The frequency of being called seems higher in the lower population counties. I've lived 4 counties in that period. One of them, Bexar, is highly urbanized (San Antonio), another was fringe suburban at the time (now no longer on the fringe), the other two mixed small city and rural. Procedures similar in all. Bexar was the biggest pain, because of parking. OTOH, they had a cafeteria and you could go have breakfast while they were picking the panels from the folks who had reported for the pool that day.

13 posted on 01/25/2010 8:28:38 AM PST by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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He is a busy man.

I actually look for him to show up with the slobbering media in tow. This will highlight the Kenyans "historic" and "unprecendented" adherence to civic duty.

That, and he could use a couple days off. He's tired...... Presidentin' is hard!

14 posted on 01/25/2010 8:30:01 AM PST by digger48
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He’s a lawyer, so he’s ineligible..................

Not ineligible, at least in most places. But unlikely, in the extreme, to not be premptively challenged. No lawyer wants another lawyer on the jury. They don't much like people with analytical skills either, such as scientists, engineers, accountants, etc.

15 posted on 01/25/2010 8:30:45 AM PST by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: frogjerk

Not officially, but if you were a defense attorney you would automatically exclude any lawyer from the pool. Call it “professional courtesy”.............


16 posted on 01/25/2010 8:31:56 AM PST by Red Badger (Education makes people easy to lead, difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.)
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"He’s a lawyer, so he’s ineligible.................."

Can you prove that staetment, got any records to back that up with?

17 posted on 01/25/2010 8:31:56 AM PST by sniper63 ("Ask not what your Country can do for you but what you can do for your Country,)
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To: frogjerk

Is it certain Ubama passed the bar anywhere? I wonder if he has ever set foot in a courtroom in an official lawyering capacity? Can you imagine that guy defending you? .. Without a teleprompter?


18 posted on 01/25/2010 8:33:27 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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LOL - Last time I was on a jury (August 2008), they made me the foreman... We acquitted the guy (misdemeanor) in 30 minutes. Work smart, work efficient...


19 posted on 01/25/2010 8:34:03 AM PST by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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In California, you can get called once a year. I just served as a juror on a civil case, so I can't get called again until next November. Unless the feds want me. That's never happened to me, although my wife got a federal summons a few years ago. In that case, she had to call in every evening to see if they needed her the next day, but the week went by and she never had to go in.

They seem to call me every two years or so.

20 posted on 01/25/2010 8:39:59 AM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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