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Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan Summoned for Jury Duty

Not only was the newest Supreme Court associate justice summoned for jury duty, but many were shocked when Elena Kagen sat and waited to be picked with her fellow prospective jurors Thursday morning at D.C. Superior Court.

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan Summoned for Jury Duty

ABC News reports:

Sporting dark trousers and a checkered patterned sweater jacket, she sat quietly, reading through what appeared to be a legal brief and making handwritten notes in the margin.

Kagan was eventually released Thursday afternoon.

She was seen chatting warmly with a handful of people who recognized her. Then, Kagan dropped her plastic badge in the trash can and left the courthouse without stopping to collect her $4 transportation stipend.

The U.S. Supreme Court will return to session to hear oral arguments at the end of February.

Comments (34)

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  • temple62
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 5:41pm

    Of course the “wise Latina” has no bias and should be considered for jury duty!

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  • jackact
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:05pm

    I thought that militant socialist/marxist lesbians were absolved from jury duty?

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  • Airdoc
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:02pm

    This is what she needs. Maybe she’ll learn something about the court system.

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  • Neil Mariner
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:55pm

    Hay! Its a whole new world out here. I think I’m goingback to sleep.

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  • turgon
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 6:15pm

    I have Jury Duty on February 1st here in Houston. Not looking forward to you guys. :(

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  • dontbotherme
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 5:56pm

    I have more respect for her for doing this. Pretty cool. Don’t trust her with any Judicial decisions though.

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  • Da Kingfish
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 5:55pm

    I think this is a poor excuse to improve your opinion of her, she just want’s to learn about the justice system. If she could change her tire, would you think she is a mechanic?

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  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:04pm

    Was she qualified? They relieved her.. I would have loved to see if any attorneys picked her, and if she would have been elected foreman by her peers.

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  • The Bees
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:13pm

    I applaude her for this.

    I disagree with everything else!

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  • Echad
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:03pm

    When Kagen was being questioned at the congressional hearings about the 2nd amendment she said she disagreed with the ruling that it is an individual right. But because of that ruling she would have to abide by it. When the first case about the 2nd amendment and the individual rights came up she voted against it. She committed perjury and should be thrown off the bench.

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  • Buck_Ofama
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 1:16pm

    Kagan will just be one of the “12 Angry Men” on the jury.

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  • oldsoldier10
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:55am

    That’s not Elana K, it was her body double John Lovitz in a dress waiting patiently for Supreme E to use it’s divine supreme court powers and recluse itself from any matters that concern the USA.

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    • Buck_Ofama
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 1:20pm

      Very funny. I like to think of her as just another one of the 12 Angry Men on that jury.

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  • deskpilot
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:45am

    First and foremost, Ms. Kagan is a citizen of the United States, obviously a registered voter who has kept her address records current, and is showing proper respect to the rules of good citizenship. This is another good example of how easy it is to do the right thing, especially when noone is looking. This blogger just happened to be aware of his surroundings.

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  • smithclar3nc3
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:36am

    It smells like a P.R. stunt….

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  • AMLFRANK
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:27am

    Stunt or Not, she did her duty, will you?

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  • david3755
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:27am

    Maybe she will learn what a judge does in court since she has no experience of her own.

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  • reconmarine
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:11am

    Sure hope the defendent is a liberal. If it involves a violent crime you can be pretty certain that he/she is.

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  • mattfor0003
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:40am

    When did Patton Oswald become a Supreme Court Justice?

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  • Lucifers Hammer
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:57am

    Just an experiment to see how the soiled masses live.

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  • EA5900
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:40am

    Setting my opinion aside as to whether or not she is qualified to do her job, this story has caused me to have much greater respect for Justice Kagan. She could have rightfully and very easily gotten out of jury duty without ever showing up. This report was filed by a blogger and not a reporter which tells you that she was trying to be discrete (no press pool), respectful and was just fulfilling her duty as a citizen. May God bless her and may God bless the United States of America.

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  • Watcher1952
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:07am

    Now maybe she will see what an actual court proceeding looks like instead of just writing about it. She has NO court room experience, only papers she has written. Hopefully she will make a good juror…

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  • billwhit1357
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:03am

    I wouldn’t trust her verdicts, good she is gone. Now, we just need to get term limits set for the Supreme Court, so people like her won’t be set for life.

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  • wrn0321
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:55am

    That is respectful and quite the example being set for her fellow citizens. Maybe the Pres. made a good selection of a woman who takes the Law of the Land seriously.

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  • thedudegrab
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:40am

    Love it, I think EVERYONE should want to do jury duty. Just like voting it’s one of your jobs as a citizen of the U.S.A.

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  • Twistedwire
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:35am

    Good for her.

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    • Sam I am
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:26am

      She’d be fine as a juror.
      A knowledge of the law is not required to be a juror.

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    • exdem
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:59am

      When was Rachel Madcow elected to the Supreme Court?

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:20am

      Have to give her credit, she did not try to get out of it just for being on the Supreme Court; yet I have to wonder what it would be like serving on a jury where one fellow juror is a member of said court.

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    • sWampy
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 12:37pm

      As she should, but Lawyers should never be allowed to be jurors or judges, their training makes them incapable of making the correct/moral/ethical decision about anything.

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    • CYCLONE
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:34pm

      … maybe if she paints her face blue and calls herself an “OOM-PAH-LOOMPA” she will get off…

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