So, I was googling around and looking for numbers on exactly how many times the US Supreme Court had actually utilized a Jury in any proceedings before it. That John Jay tidbit in the Montana Juror thread got me curious.
I stumbled across this:
U.S. CONST. art. III, § 2: "In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction."
I thought that Ambassadors could exercise diplomatic immunity.
Who would have jurisdiction to DRAG an ambassador before SCOTUS?
Or would an ambassador have free rein to go on a knifing spree until SCOTUS was somehow notified and issued a bench warrant?
And... does anyone know how many times SCOTUS has selected a jury for a trial? That would be quite a privilege to be part of, methinks.