Ira Glass
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So Judge Mark Pittman kind of sweeps into the room, all rise.
He's a Trump appointee from the first Trump administration.
He's a bit of a showman, charismatic and kind of exciting to hear from.
He has a very strong Texas twang.
And, you know, he's like, you should know I have a pet peeve of people who make fun of jury service.
I like to quote Frederick Douglass.
He says, we have three boxes that preserve liberty and justice in this country.
The ballot box, the cartridge box.
And when they get to the part where you're supposed to start questioning the jurors, the voir dire, he goes first.
And I'm in the overflow room, so I can't see the jury, but there's 75 or so of them.