duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction", and just because the courts have chosen to ignore that doesn't mean that it's not in the Constitution. And yes, the Sixth Amendment does guarantee the right of trial by jury, but it does NOT say that they can force people to be on a jury that don't want to be there (the obvious implication is that they should pay people enough that they will want to do their civic duty, and not feel like they are suffering financial hardship). Of course the courts choose not to read the plain words of the Constitution and abide by them in this case, but those of you who think that it is right that citizens should be forced to serve on a jury do NOT have the moral high ground here, at least not if you believe we should all be subject to the Constitution of the United States. One thing, those of us who DO get paid for going to Jury Duty and do NOT have other responsiblities should do everything we can to get on the Jury (short of lying). Every person like that who does jury duty is one less person that CAN'T afford it. By doing time on a jury, you can help someone less fortunate. And don't get me started about forcing mothers of children to do jury duty! These judges are just corrupt, unfeeling ass holes, and such people ( as