Selecting a jury is both an art and a science but it should never be a tool for advancing a racist agenda. The U.S. Supreme Court has been reminding us of that since at least 1880, and did so again in June with a ruling I found vitally important and, frankly, comforting.

In a case called Flowers v. Mississippi, the justices made crystal clear that our courts and our constitution will not tolerate the racial stacking of juries. There was some concern that the conservative majority would use the Flowers case to step back from that principle, and I shared that concern while the case was pending.

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