That the judge is allowing a political litmus test which is entirely unrelated to the actual court case under consideration is a very bad sign.
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Although we’re politically simpatico, I don’t find allowing this type of inquiry unusual. In a 55 year career, I would often ask completely “off the wall” questions in voire dire, thus stimulating honest, not canned, responses. For example: ‘Do you have a pet at home?’ is a better way to assess a juror’s capacity for empathy, than conventionally “relevant” questions, which usually generate dull, rote, responses of no use to the litigator.
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You’re astute enough to draw that conclusion. It is, however, only one of many conclusions, depending on your frame, that can be implied by that question. Rather than mind read, and limit a litigant’s right to a fair trial by a “jury of his peers”, judges invariably allow broad leeway during voire dire. Nothing like the strict rules of evidence during the trial itself.
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