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'''Jury supremacy''' is a type of [[judicial supremacy]] whereby someone, typically a [[liberal]] or a plaintiff's attorney profiting from the system, pretends that because a [[jury]] decided a particular way it must be true or otherwise infallible.  In fact, jury decisions can be as improper as [[United States Supreme Court]] decisions can be, as in ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''.

'''Jury supremacy''' is a type of [[judicial supremacy]] whereby someone, typically a [[liberal]] or a plaintiff's attorney profiting from the system, pretends that because a [[jury]] decided a particular way it must be true or otherwise infallible.  In fact, jury decisions can be as improper as [[United States Supreme Court]] decisions can be, as in ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''.

The [[Salem Witch Trials]] were an early example of abusive misuse of juries, whereby class jealousy was exploited in order to convict wealthier members of society.  Historians attribute those decisions to non-rigorous rules of evidence, but that was unlikely to have been decisive. To this day class warfare is commonly misused in jury trials to try to turn a jury against a defendant.  Political bias is also exploited, as in cases relating to [[Donald Trump]].

The [[Salem Witch Trials]] were an early example of abusive misuse of juries, whereby class jealousy was exploited in order to convict wealthier members of society, ultimately targeting the governor's wife.  Historians attribute those decisions to non-rigorous rules of evidence, but that was unlikely to have been decisive. To this day class warfare and geographic bias are commonly exploited in jury trials to try to turn a jury against a defendant.  Political bias is also exploited, as in cases relating to [[Donald Trump]].

== Pretrial publicity impacts jury verdicts ==

== Pretrial publicity impacts jury verdicts ==

Numerous studies demonstrate that pretrial publicity has an effect on jury verdicts,<ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2022-25350-001.html</ref> and yet courts often pretend otherwise.  What is the point of having a jury echo the verdict of the [[liberal media]]?  A great deal of time and money could be saved in bypassing the fiction that the jury would reach an a verdict entirely independent of the liberal media.

Numerous studies demonstrate that pretrial publicity has an effect on jury verdicts,<ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2022-25350-001.html</ref> and yet courts often pretend otherwise.  What is the point of having a jury echo the verdict of the [[liberal media]]?  A great deal of time and money could be saved in bypassing the fiction that the jury would reach an a verdict entirely independent of the liberal media.