Sitting in Judgment: The Trump Trial and Me
Trump’s hush-money trial in New York raises concerns about the social contract, as it brings back an incident with the cops and a white woman with a secret.
The recent jury-selection process for Donald Trump’s hush-money trial reminded me of the last time I was summoned for jury duty. Two incidents occurred during that process. One put me on the spot, the other put me on the edge.
Answering my jury summons was inconvenient. I had to take off time from work, get up earlier than usual, take a shuttle from the county parking lot to the courthouse, and sit for hours until it was time to move to the courtroom itself.
But serving was something I wanted to do. This was part of my civic duty. Like voting, paying taxes, stopping at red lights, driving on the right side of the street. Doing these things is part of the social contract. An agreement to surrender some of our freedoms in order to preserve the general good of society as a whole.
As attorneys tried to select a jury for Donald Trump’s hush-money trial in New York, I was faced with a question many are probably asking themselves.
