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What else do I say to convince my Representative? |
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My legislator has agreed to file a Family Friendly Jury Duty bill. What do I do now? Click here to find out |
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Emphasize the POSITIVE aspects of Family Friendly Jury Duty legislation! |
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(Last updated March 1, 2005) |
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· Tell him or her that such a bill is good “People” Legislation · It’s compassionate as it
protects our most vulnerable · The best interests of the courts would be served, since frantic parents and frantic family caretakers would not make good jurors! |
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· This type of legislation has broad bipartisan appeal. · Liberals like it since it
gives full-time parents of young · Conservatives like it since it benefits families and their children with virtually no cost to government or to society. |
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· This is not ground-breaking legislation! · As of January 2005, Most other states have or are considering adopting family friendly jury duty legislation (in one form or another). · Why not your state? · Other states with this legislation have had no collapse in their respective court systems. · Approximately 76% of U.S. Federal District Courts have provisions for family caregivers in their jury plans. · If one of these U.S. Federal District Courts is in your state, a precedent has been set. · Since this U.S. Federal District Court has ‘family friendly jury duty’ policies, why doesn’t the state court system follow suit? · Enacting this “People” legislation would show the rest of the USA that your state is progressive and family friendly and cares about its most vulnerable citizens.
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How to get family friendly jury duty laws for your state |
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