Relevant, but still not the basis for our laws. At least not 70% of the commands.
As for the issue with the jury, it's all just a game of chess. It's anything you can do to win your case. You play to whatever jury you get. If that means you have to swear to a bible because that's what's expected, I think you're going to do it. I would be curious as to how many jurors, who would be suspicious of someone who doesn't swear on the bible, have actually read the bible. On Feb 12, 2013, at 10:52 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "not irrellevant" > > That's all we need. > > > "Swearing on the bible isn't required. Not all of our President's have > done it. The biggest reason for swearing on it for a jury is to keep of > modicum of trust with the jury." > > And I say keeping trust with the jury and the people of the nation is > pretty important. That those people and jury must hold high regard for the > document being used, making in very relevant. > > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360899 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
