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Re:Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge by nostrademons on Monday November 09, 2026 @04:31PM (#50432489)
Be careful confusing "has no opinion" with "moron". The voir dire process tries to select for people who have no opinion: it's specifically designed to filter for neutrality, because if the trial hasn't even begun yet and you have an opinion, that's a problem.

There are some people - oftentimes very literate people - that mistake having no opinion for being stupid. It's very far from that. Oftentimes being neutral and keeping your mouth shut is the smartest thing you can do. There's frequently a popular image of someone who is smart as someone who is very quick to form judgments and articulate them with little information; this can be a useful skill in certain situations but is the opposite of what our legal system wants in a juror.

Re:Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge by selectodude on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:10PM (#50432978)
I got booted for having a college degree.
Re:Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge by nostrademons on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:20PM (#50433094)
Unless this was a case specifically related to the field your degree is in or there are a very limited number of people with college degrees in your area, I doubt that was the full story.

Having a degree is not an attribute that you can be dismissed "for cause" for, and the attorneys have a limited number of preremptory challenges available. At least in my area, where > 50% have college degrees, if they tried to strike everyone with a college degree they wouldn't have a jury pool left.