Posted on Aug 12, 2016
Should Congress members be chosen at random much like Jury Duty (see details)?
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Congress is full of lifetime members who have served decades who make way too much money making decisions that only benefit themselves. Imagine having a random system that selects Americans by SS number to serve in Congress for XX months. They get paid well, actually work full days, and are not corrupt. The system is blind to who is chosen with the exception of criminal backgrounds. Or, what if Americans could OPT IN to a selection pool, and the system chose at random, only those who wanted to be selected? Thoughts?
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I think a selection process is still valid and a random one would be pretty terrible. That being said, I think our current one needs significant reform as it places way to much emphasis on fundraising and campaigning.
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LTJG (Join to see) After retiring as a Los Angeles County, (CA), Public Defender, a friend of mine was still amazed at how a jury could arrive at what he felt were absolutely correct decisions!
Juries are a mixture of citizens, their collective wisdom is the sum of all of them.
Juries are a mixture of citizens, their collective wisdom is the sum of all of them.
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I've actually posted that on this site somewhere. The only caveat is that the "jurists" still need to be chosen/elected by peers and they would have to be eligible as stated by law; the correct age, law abiding, and productive citizens.
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LTJG (Join to see)
I agree, Cpl (Join to see) . I'd vote you up, but I've run out of my votes for today.
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