The theme of this year's calendar is Key Cases in Jury History. Rather than focusing on individual cases of jury nullification as in past years, this year's calendar is designed to inform you about cases that set precedents that affect your ability to engage in and to benefit from jury nullification.
Most of these cases are rulings from the United States Supreme Court; hence, the image on the cover. While the most common photos of the Supreme Court building seem to be of the west façade, I tracked down a photo of the east façade featuring the inscription "Justice the Guardian of Liberty".
SCOTUS rulings do not always live up to that motto, but fortunately we need not rely on the Court alone. By creating more fully informed jurors ready to deliver just verdicts, you are helping to guard liberty—whether the government likes it or not!
Our 2023 Jury Rights Calendar will be sent to as many of you who have supported FIJA this year as possible, but FOR SURE if you have donated $50 or more you will be on the list.
Before I get to work stuffing and labeling envelopes, just one last note. Today is my 50th birthday!
I have taken this opportunity to use myself as a test subject for an experiment in hosting birthday fundraisers on the FIJA website. If this goes well, we may offer in 2023 the opportunity for you to host a birthday fundraiser on the website if you like.
How does it work? Rather than doing a Facebook birthday fundraiser as I usually do, I made a page on the FIJA website and set my goal at raising 1/50th of FIJA's approximate annual budget—$1000. You would be able to have your own page with your picture, a message from you, and a goal amount that you choose.
A big THANK YOU to Heather Wiegand, Nathan Goodman, William Hofer, Richard Sinnott and one other donor who have so far contributed to my 50th birthday fundraiser. I appreciate your support!
