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Originally Posted by Iriemon  Voire dire is done to determine whether a jury is impartial. |
I am skeptical that one can make something "impartial" by having two partial adversaries pick them ???
I think we disagree on where the impartiality comes in.
The jurors are expected to deliver a verdict, which is, by definition, partial, in that it comes down on the side of one party in the dispute. So, "partiality" is a
necessary component of a juror. The "impartial" in the Sixth amendment, in my view, is directed at how the jury is selected, and not the jurors themselves.