I was thinking the other day about our Bill of Rights, and how often how much of it is ignored or no longer in effect.
In my view, almost all of the first ten amendments are being violated by our government.
So this got me thinking about it, and reviewing the Bill of Rights for current compliance.
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Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
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Voir Dire : In the United States, it now generally refers to the process by which prospective jurors are questioned about their backgrounds and potential biases before being invited to sit on a jury. For more detail, see Jury selection.
"Voir Dire is the process by which attorneys select, or perhaps more appropriately reject, certain jurors to hear a case." -Gordon P. Cleary, Trial Evidence Foundations, section 201. James Publishing, 2007.
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So, thanks if you read this far, and here comes my point . . .
Voir dire, is a direct violation of the 6th amendment, because it allows partiality where impartiality was decreed.
If a potential juror has a bias, I have a right to that bias sitting in my jury box.
If a potential juror worked a job that had to do with the case, I have a right to his knowledge of the industry being present on the jury.
To put it bluntly, I have a right to the first twelve citizen's off the voter rolls, and neither side's lawyers have any right to eliminate them.
The jury system is there to protect the citizen from the government.
Why then would we dilute this protection and give such power to lawyers ??
When they hand pick juries, the citizen ends up needing protection from them and their undue influence.
My contention is that the 6th amendment prohibits the process of Voir dire, because of the word "impartial".