It's not the state you pious dipwad.
If you actually knew anything about local jury pools you'd know that jury pools, for the most part, are municipal and county. This is a local issue.
Get off your soapboax, stop preaching, and go work for yourself for a while. Then when you get called for jury duty and have to put your only source of revenue on indefinite hold you can see just how wonderful it actually is. Until then, keep the righteous indignation to yourself.
Brad
p.s. - we live in a Representative Republic, not a "Democratic Republic". Learn your government.
If you're talking about the source of exemptions for serving on a petit jury, it
is the State of Texas. Section 62.106 of the Government Code.
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As for sitting all day through empanelment and voir dire for $6.00 instead of running your business, yeah it sucks. I'm a lawyer and I've done it - spending my day in district court jury duty even though I know the judge, the prosecutor and every one of the defense attorneys. Sure, none of them wanted me on the jury, but it didn't keep me from having to sit there until the final cut. Municipal court - same thing. I go just like everyone else and sit through the whole thing. It doesn't matter that I know the city attorneys, muni. judges or JPs. If selected, I'd gladly serve and I have a lot of respect for all of the other potential jurors who show up even though they are economically burdened by it.
For those of you who don't run your own business, keep in mind that the law in Texas does not require your employer to pay you for the work time you missed for jury duty.