>all of a sudden one day my mother gets called in by the government to serve as part of a Jury
Why the fuck do they get random people for these things, instead of actual educated (on law) people?
democracy; government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
>>34498171
OP's talking about "the uninformed" vs "the informed."
Pretty much the reason the electoral college was invented desu.
>tfw got called in to jury duty and didn't go because of social anxiety
>probably have warrant for my arrest
All i have to do is never make any contact with police again for the rest of my life and I won't have to deal with it
>>34498304
>random americans can freely decide who will go to jail
>they can't decide who will be their president
>>34498486
>have social anxiety
>show up to jury duty because don't want to get arrested or pay a fine
>sperg out in group interview
>everyone laughs at me
>judge tells me I can go
>>34499668
To be fair, most of the country doesn't vote anyways so why let them have a direct vote