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美国白宫今年1月初透露,布什总统已接获德州法院征召,将回德州履行担任陪审团员的义务。曾任德州州长的布什,在德州拥有一座牧场。据德州《威科先驱论坛报》报道,布什在该州600名可能入选的陪审员中,排名第286号。当地一名法官表示,法院去年11月就寄出《征召函》到布什位于德州克劳福的牧场。白宫发言人麦克利兰随后声明,布什总统认为担任陪审员“是一项重要的公民义务,而民众确实履行该项义务也非常重要”,但因另有要务在身,白宫已致电法院希望能把总统担任陪审员的日期延后。德州地方法院法官史卓瑟对此谅解地称:“尽管担任陪审员是公民的重要责任,但治理国家应该优先于担任陪审员。”在当今美国,陪审团制度得到了包
The White House disclosed in early January this year that President Bush has been called by the Texas court to return to Texas to fulfill his obligation as a jury member. Bush, former Governor of Texas, owns a ranch in Texas. According to the Texas “Waco Herald Tribune,” Bush ranked 286 among the 600 potential jurors in the state. A local judge said the court sent a “letter of appeal” last November to Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas. White House Spokesman McClellan subsequently stated that President Bush considers jurors “an important civic duty and that it is also important for the people to actually fulfill this obligation.” However, the White House has called the court for hope of being able to fulfill its obligations Delay the presidential jury service. Texas District Judge, Judge Stauffer, in an understandable way, said: “Despite being a citizen’s jury responsibility, the governing state should have priority over jury service.” In today’s United States, the jury system is packaged