The State of California is considering allowing non-U.S. citizens who are in the country to sit as jurors; the State Assembly has already passed such a law. Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski, a Democrat, sponsored the bill, arguing that the state needs to broaden the pool of eligible jurors, and that fulfilling jury duty would help integrate immigrants.
COMMENTS:
We are entitled to a jury of our peers, and that means U.S.
citizens. I’ll be damned if I want even
one non-citizen on the jury. This sure
opens the door for gross injustice and “Kangaroo Courts.” It is conceivable
that a citizen, on trial for some crime, may face a jury that does not even
have one citizen on it. The reasons
California is having problems filling jury pools are numerous:
- Exodus to other states due to high taxes
- High percentage of non-citizens
- High percentage of felonies
- Low jury pay
- Judicial incompetence
- Broken draw system
Wieckowski has the brains of a post-lobotomy survivor. Why do we have any jury qualifications at
all?
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. There’s more than one “Unknown Scribbler” out there. Shouldn’t you choose another name? (Morgan ~ San Francisco, CA)
A. This is not the first time in world history that two or
more extremely talented writers have chosen the same pen name. I’ve been using the pseudonym for about 11
years and was totally oblivious to anyone else using the name when I started to
using it. Otherwise, I would probably
have used something a tad more braggadocios, such as “The Supreme Unknown
Scribbler.” I respect my counterpart(s)
and promise fervently never to use their name in vain.
Q. Planned Parenthood has been known to advocate not only for
abortions with taxpayer funding, but to take the position that it should be
okay to whack a breathing fetus on the operating room table in the head with a
hammer during an abortion procedure. Of
course, when revealed, they tried desperately to back away from that position,
but there is some concern that living babies delivered by Kermit Gosnell were
killed by him during abortion procedures funded by Planned Parenthood. I can’t believe President Obama is standing
up for them. (Ramona ~ Grants, NM)
A. Why not? It’s just
an open manifestation of his true, despicable beliefs.
Q. Why did the House pass a new bill allowing for the
collection of private Emails including medical and financial records and the
transmission thereof to the Federal government?
That’s a horrible invasion of privacy.
(Anh ~ Bainbridge Island, WA)
A. Fortunately, the Senate refused to pass it Thursday. The
Libertarian Party issued a release condemning CISPA earlier this week,
which included this statement from Chairman Geoffrey J. Neale: "The provisions
of CISPA [Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act] are abhorrent and
unacceptable in a free society. We must not only trash CISPA; we must repeal
the Patriot Act, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and every other
law that violates our Fourth Amendment rights." I agree wholeheartedly.
TODAY’S QUOTE: “When even one American - who has done
nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then
all Americans are in peril.” ~ Harry S. Truman
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