 State may constitutionally confine jury duty to men, stating that "jury service is a form of participation in the processes of Government, a responsibility and a right that should be shared by all citizens, regardless of sex.  Report on Progress on the Status of Women - Page 39by United States. Interdepartmental Committee on the Status of Women - 1965Full view - About this book
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1966 - 1786 pages
...conclusion is inescapable that the complete exclusion of women from jury service in Alabama is arbitrary. Jury service is a form of participation in the processes...that should be shared by all citizens, regardless nf *>T The Alabama statute that denies women the right to serve on juries in the Staff of Alabama therefore... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1971 - 1276 pages
...explicitly rejected the assumption that a State may constitutionally confine jury duty to men, stating that "jury service is a form of participation in the...should be shared by all citizens, regardless of sex." 251 F. Supp. 408. It is hard to believe that the Supreme Court is still confused over this fundamental... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 4 - 1971 - 750 pages
...explicitly rejected the assumption that a State may constitutionally confine ]ury duty to men, stating that "jury service is a form of participation in the...should be shared by all citizens, regardless of sex." 251 F. Supp. 408. It is hard to believe that the Supreme Court is still confused over this fundamental... | |
 | Joseph B. Kadane - 2008 - 472 pages
...considered under our law in this country as one of the basic rights and obligations of citizenship [and] a form of participation in the processes of government,...and a right that should be shared by all citizens See also UNIFORM ACT, supra note 9 and text accompanying notes 210-17 infra, which suggests the need... | |
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