Bull was off for the primetime announcement of Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination, but returned to attend an Esporting event in this week’s episode. Esports are a form of high-stakes competitive video game playing on which spectators gamble huge sums of money. At this particular event, a world-renowned player named Jace underperformed. He did so badly in fact that his sponsor publically accused him of throwing the match. This accusation caused Jace to lose his job, ruined his reputation, and made him a pariah in the league. Jace sued his sponsor on claims of defamation and Bull decides to help.

While the facts of this week’s case were not particularly interesting, the show did deal intelligently with jury selection strategies. The presiding judge used a form of jury selection known as blind strike. Blind strike jury selection is distinct from alternate strike jury selection in that both parties simultaneously, rather than alternately, exercise their peremptory challenges. Critically, neither side knows which jurors the other has struck when making their decisions. The result is that both sides may unintentionally strike the same juror, which is called a double-strike. While the method of jury selection varies by jurisdiction, blind strike is very common in Texas state courts, and the United State’s Supreme Court approved of it in Pointer v. United States way back in 1894.

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