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Judge Bars Bergdahl Lawyers from Asking About Voting for Trump
« on: June 24, 2017, 08:53:24 am »
 Judge Bars Bergdahl Lawyers from Asking About Voting for Trump

Stars and Stripes | 22 Jun 2017 | by Corey Dickstein

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Attorneys for accused Army deserter Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl can ask prospective jurors in the soldier's court-martial about their impressions of President Donald Trump but not if they voted for him, the judge overseeing the case said Thursday.

The judge, Army Col. Jeffery R. Nance, told defense attorneys that polling potential jurors on their vote in the 2016 presidential election would be inappropriate to include in a roughly 40-question survey that will be distributed to the jury pool next week.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/06/22/judge-bars-bergdahl-lawyers-asking-voting-trump.html
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Re: Judge Bars Bergdahl Lawyers from Asking About Voting for Trump
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2017, 10:52:32 am »
How they voted should not enter into the equation, although I can see where it might be considered a litmus test for voir dire.
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