[lifeisstillgood]

Not meant to be P-A taunt, though hell this is the Internet so reasonable supposition :-)

No it was really "the public" I meant. Voters, jurors, us in other words. If Texas juries in one county are making patents a laughing stock, it really is upto the rest of us - either in that county, or in juries in other counties and countries, to change that. Or perhaps vote it out of existence. It just seems to me that we read an article and get the "something must be done"'feeling, and are happy when the something does not involve us, hard work, care or a long time. Yet those something's rarely work out.

in short, the current problem with patents is not the fault of various jurors and voters in a small part of Texas. it's our fault.

[dfc]

Okay, I am in complete agreement with this sentiment. Where I disagree is with the notion that jurors and voters are equivalent and/or using the two terms as if they are interchangeable. I think it would be interesting to compare the demographics of juries vs voters.[^1] I have a sneaking suspicion that the two populations are dramatically different.

[^1]: I posted a question at the SX for politics but I have never had much luck there. http://politics.stackexchange.com/q/3218/1926

[lifeisstillgood]

Well I have only ever been in one population to be honest, so maybe. But it is probably pretty random, so I would be quite shocked if there was a dramatic difference in demographics of both.

[dfc]

Why would Jurors be random? You think that voir dire is just two attorneys rolling dice?