How much do YOU know about jury rights in the Constitution? Test yourself!
How much do YOU know about jury rights in the Constitution? Test yourself!
 
Celebrate Constitution Day
with FIJA
Dear John,

Happy Constitution Day!
On this day in 1787, the United States Constitution was signed at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia and subsequently went to the states for ratification. 
Arguably, jury rights are the most extensively documented and protected rights in the United States Constitution!
Test your knowledge and that statement by doing a quick count off the top of your head. How many provisions for jury rights in the United States Constitution can you think of? If your number is less than at least 5 (and possibly 8), brush up on your Constitutional knowledge in my featured Constitution Day article.  
Check Your Number!

If you think I have missed something, send me an email to let me know!
Not only are jury rights extensively protected in the United States Constitution, but jurors exercising their right of jury nullification have also been instrumental in passage of at least three amendments to the Constitution. Jury nullification cases laid a foundation for at least four of the five freedoms listed in the First Amendment as well as contributed to passage of the Thirteenth (Emancipation) and Twenty-First (Repeal of Federal Prohibition) Amendments.
Check out these videos where I talk about some of these cases:
For Liberty, Justice, and Peace in Our Lifetimes,
Executive Director
Fully Informed Jury Association

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