No objection, Your Honor

The second we see the jury summons envelope in the mailbox, most of us start figuring out how to get out of service. It's an annoyance. It's a hassle. If you get chosen, it could take a week or two, maybe even more, out of your busy schedule.

But it's also our civic duty, and it's a hallmark of one of our most basic freedoms -- an independent judiciary t…