Milam County Judge Frank Summers

"One thing many individuals dread seeing arrive with their regular mail delivery is a jury summons," Summers said. "Jury service is one of those civic duties that we all have a responsibility to perform, but for some reason many citizens feel is not necessarily all that important."

Note the use of the word "we" and the imposition of "responsibility" on innocent citizens.

Jury Commissioner Pamela Wood tells The Boston Globe she realizes that jury duty can be an inconvenience, but it is also necessary.

And whence her moral authority to proscribe necessity?