"Excused From Jury Duty"

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