I was
recently excused from federal jury duty based on my age being over 70. I have never enjoyed jury duty and was
pleased to have this special treatment given to me due to my age. As a person who reached this age several years
ago, I realize what a well thought out exemption this is. With age, memory declines, judgement
declines, awareness declines and reason declines. These skills are all vital to a good jury
decision.
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This does
raise the question of whether or not, if I commit a crime, if I am being judged
by my peers since the jurors are less than 70 years of age. The term I would use for folks in assisted
living is, “They have the wisdom of the aged.”
That is who I want to judge me, if they are capable of staying awake
through the trial.
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The question
that is raised by this issue is, if one doesn’t have the capacity to judge,
past the age of 70, do they have the capacity to be a judge, or a maker of
laws, or the leader of our nation? The
answer seems obvious. No lifetime
appointments for judges, at any level.
No legislators may run for office, if they will reach the age of 70
during their term of office. Same rule
for the White House and Governor’s office.
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I would like
to see Donald Trump and Joe Biden walking off, hand in hand, to assisted
living. Neither had much of a brain in
their prime, let alone in their doddering years. I would not like to see the same fate falling
on Elizabeth Warren. She is the most
powerful mind in Washington DC. Oh well,
laws can’t be perfect, but this one would do more good than harm. The average IQ will take a serious hit when
Elizabeth leaves the Senate.
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Sorry
Elizabeth, Old Buz
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8/24/2019
