[Alan Chapman]

There was no cause. Removing city employees from jury pools simply because they work for the city that is enforcing the law through a lawsuit sounds loony.

City employees have a vested interest (financial) in perpetuating the system. That makes them predujiced in favor of the state.

[Poohbah]

Congratulations. You just excluded everyone who pays taxes from the jury pool for any tax case. After all, they have a financial interest in lower taxes.

[sinkspur]

City employees have a vested interest (financial) in perpetuating the system. That makes them predujiced in favor of the state.

With the same broad brush, I could say that, because the libertarians want to see the death of the system, libertarians should be culled from the jury pool.

Why you think that a city employee couldn't be impartial, and you, Alan Chapman, could, is beyond me.

[supercat]

City employees have a vested interest (financial) in perpetuating the system. That makes them predujiced in favor of the state.

More to the point, one of the parties in the case has direct control over their payroll, promotions, etc. I really don't think there would be any question of whether anyone working for a private employer should be allowed on a jury of any case where their employer was an interested party; why should government workers be treated differently?