Period 10 Do Now: Jury Duty by angela9375

Chola Kandula

2026-04-13 17:38:33 UTC

If Americans decided not to fulfill their civic duty, there might not be enough people to have a full jury meaning that the amount of trials happening will drastically slow down, causing people to have their amendment right of speedy trial to be violated. This can cause a large amount of extra court cases due to people suing the government for having their amendment right violated.

drew

3020760 — 2026-04-13 17:38:55 UTC

If citizens did not fulfill their civic duty to partake in community service, trials would likely be longer due to courts having to search for a jury. With random jury duty selection, it makes it easier and faster to start trials.

Rayan.W

3026030_1 — 2026-04-13 17:39:03 UTC

If Americans stopped fulfilling their civic duty, the justice system will collapse resulting in the loss of speedy trial.

Zaina Saad

2026-04-13 17:39:27 UTC

If Americans decided not to fulfill their civic duty there wouldn't be as much of a fair judgment in the court due to the lack of people, and the trials wouldn't be as speedy.

Arsh Yewale

2026-04-13 17:39:30 UTC

If Americans did not fulfill their civic duty, there could potentially be negative consequences such as if someone was called to be a jury, and if they don't show up there will be no jury, and thus we will not have speedy trial which will violate the 6th Amendement.

gedzel salinas

2026-04-13 17:39:54 UTC

if Americans stopped doing their civil duty the American law and order system might collapse

Athanasios Boulieris

3022692_1 — 2026-04-13 17:40:18 UTC

A potentially negative consequence of Americans not fulfilling their civic duty as that there would be no jury to serve at a court case. When there is little to no jury, trials would take much longer to complete, causing a longer time for criminals to be judged and served justice. This also eliminates the opportunity to a speedy trial, which would violate 6th amendment rights.

Vedant Dukle

3025699 — 2026-04-13 17:40:31 UTC

If Americans decided not to fulfill their civic duty, it would be difficult, if not impossible to have a speedy trial as it would take a while to find jury members to partake in the trial. Also, without this civic duty, bias would be more likely, as if the jury members weren't made of random American citizens, and were just composed of a group of known people, they would more likely side with eachother; ending the concept of a "fair trial".

Sophia

2026-04-13 17:40:39 UTC

If people did not fulfill their civic duty, trials wouldn't have fair judgments. This would go against the 6th amendment as the trial wouldn't be speedy.

Asa Watson

2026-04-13 17:41:49 UTC

As a negative consequence of not going to jury duty and fulfilling their civic duty, trials would be much slower delaying justice for criminals. This act would violate the 6th amendment, and not to mention the trial wouldn't be too fair for the criminal and the defense.

Jayden

2026-04-13 17:42:20 UTC

if they decide that they don't want to do jury duty it could lead to negative consequence like them going to jail. trials would not be as fast as they are now.

☆naya Ahmed

3014557 — 2026-04-13 17:42:52 UTC

I think what would happen if one were not to fulfill their duty, they would face consequence such as potential jail time and would not be helping the case that they're involved in.

Purvi Kavadi

3039828 — 2026-04-13 17:44:40 UTC

If people didn't fulfill their civic duty there would be negative effects. For example, the trial would get longer if they couldn't find a jury, violating the amendment of speedy trial.

Meenu

2026-04-13 17:45:05 UTC

Trails may take longer than usual if Americans decide not to fulfill their civic duty. The defendants also could get unfair or biased punishments. The citizens would not be following the 6th amendment which could mean they would get penalized.

Israel

2026-04-13 17:48:13 UTC

If Americans decided not to serve jury duty, one potential consequence would be a significant backlog in the court system, resulting in delays for defendants awaiting trial and violating their right to a speedy trial. Additionally, a lack of jury participation.

Erica

3028842 — 2026-04-13 17:50:15 UTC

If people choose not to do their jury duty, it can result in jail time for them, but it also hurts another person hoping for a speedy trial.